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Ὁ μηδὲν εἰδὼς οὐδὲν ἐξαμαρτάνει → Quicumque nihil (nil) scit, ille vir peccat nihil → Ein Mann, der ohne Wissen ist, macht auch nichts falsch

Menander, Monostichoi, 430

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

silphĭum: ii, n., = σίλφιον,
I a plant, called in pure Latin laserpitium, Cato, R. R. 157, 7; Plin. 19, 3, 15, § 38; 22, 23, 48, § 100 (Col. 6, 17, 7; 12, 7, 4, written as Greek).

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

silphĭum¹⁶ (silpium Cato Agr. 157, 7 ), ĭī, n. (σίλφιον), silphium [= laserpitium], férule qui produit le laser : Plin. 19, 38 ; 22, 100.