siphunculus

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κάλλιστον ἐφόδιον τῷ γήρᾳ ἡ παιδεία (Aristotle, quoted by Diogenes Laertius 5.21) → the finest provision for old age is education

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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

sīphuncŭlus: i, m.
dim. sipho,
I a little pipe from which water springs forth, Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 23; 5, 6, 36.—Also written without the aspirate, sīpuncŭlus, Fronto, Or. 1 med.>