asphodelus
From LSJ
πῶς δ' οὐκ ἀρίστη; τίς δ' ἐναντιώσεται; τί χρὴ γενέσθαι τὴν ὑπερβεβλημένην γυναῖκα; (Euripides' Alcestis 152-54) → How is she not noblest? Who will deny it? What must a woman have become to surpass her?
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
asphŏdĕlus: (-ĭlus, Pall. 1, 37, 2), i, m., = ἀσφόδελος,
I the asphodel, a kind of lily-shaped plant with many tubercles at the root: Asphodelus ramosus, Linn.; Plin. 21, 17, 68, § 108 sqq. (acc. to Isid. Orig. 17, 9, 84, in pure Lat., albutium).
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
asphŏdĕlus, ī, m. (ἀσφόδελος), asphodèle ou ache royale : Plin. 12, 31 ; 21, 108
