menta

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

menta: (mentha), ae, f., = μίντη,
I mint, acc. to the myth, so called from Menthe or Minthe, a nymph who was changed by Proserpine into this plant, Ov. M. 10, 729; 8, 663; Plin. 19, 8, 47, § 159: ructatrix, Mart. 10, 48, 10: serpens, Col. poët. 10, 119. —Prov.: decimatis mentham et rutam et omne olus, et praeteritis judicium, i. e. carefully attend to trifles and neglect weighty matters, Vulg. Luc. 11, 42; id. Matt. 23, 23.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

menta¹⁶ (mentha), æ, f. (μίνθη), menthe [herbe] : Cato Agr. 119 ; Varro L. 5, 103 ; Ov. M. 10, 729 ; Plin. 19, 159 ; Mart. 10, 48, 10.