smilax
From LSJ
Δεινότερον οὐδὲν ἄλλο μητρυιᾶς κακόν → Nulla est noverca pestis exitalior → Kein schlimmres Übel gibt's als eine Stiefmutter
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
smīlax: ăcis, f., = σμῖλαξ.
I Bindweed, withwind, rough smilax: Smilax aspera, Linn.; Plin. 16, 35, 63, § 153; 24, 10, 49, § 82.—Hence Smilax personified, a maiden who was changed into this herb, Ov. M. 4, 283.—
II The yew-tree, Plin. 16, 10, 20, § 51. —
III A kind of oak, Plin. 16, 6, 8, § 19.
