pina
From LSJ
μὴ κακὸν εὖ ἔρξῃς· σπείρειν ἴσον ἔστ' ἐνὶ πόντῳ → do no good to a bad man; it is like sowing in the sea
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
pīna: ae, f., = πῖνα (less correctly pinna, = πίννα),
I the sea-pen, a kind of mussel, Cic. Fin. 3, 19, 63; id. N. D. 2, 48, 123; Plin. 9, 35, 56, § 115; 32, 11, 53, § 150.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
pīna, æ, f., pinne marine [coquillage] : Cic. Fin. 3, 63 ; Nat. 2, 123 ; Plin. 9, 115.
