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Πολλοὶ μὲν εὐτυχοῦσιν, οὐ φρονοῦσι δέ → Multis adest fortuna, non prudentia → Viele sind im Glück und doch nicht bei Verstand

Menander, Monostichoi, 447

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

mēcon: ōnis, f., = μήκων,
I a sort of poppy: tertium genus est tithymalon, mecona vocant, Plin. 20, 19, 80, § 209; App. Herb. 53; 91.