lapathum
From LSJ
Ὅστις γὰρ ἐν πολλοῖσιν ὡς ἐγὼ κακοῖς ζῇ, πῶς ὅδ' Οὐχὶ κατθανὼν κέρδος φέρει; → For one who lives amidst such evils as I do, how could it not be best to die?
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
lăpăthum: i, n., and lăpăthus, i, f. (m., Lucil.;
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v. infra. Ante-class. collat. form lăpăthĭum, ii, Varr. ap. Non. 550, 17; id. L. L. 5, § 103 Müll.), n., = λάπαθον or λάπαθος, sorrel.—Form lapathum, Plin. 20, 21, 85, § 231.—Form lapathus, Col. poët. 10, 373.—In masc., Lucil. ap. Cic. Fin. 2, 8, 24.—In a dub. form: lapathi brevis herba, Hor. S. 2, 4, 29; id. Epod. 2, 57.
