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Ubi idem et maximus et honestissimus amor est, aliquando praestat morte jungi, quam vita distrahi → Where indeed the greatest and most honourable love exists, it is much better to be joined by death, than separated by life.

Valerius Maximus, De Factis Dictisque

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

asphaltĭon: ii, n., = ἀσφάλτιον,
I a kind of clover with long leaves, and of the odor of asphaltum; among the Gr. μινύανθες, prob. the common bituminous clover: Psoralea bituminosa, Linn.; Plin. 21, 9, 30, § 54 (in Col. 6, 17, 2, written as Greek).

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

asphaltĭŏn, ĭī, n. (ἀσφάλτιον), psoralée bitumineuse [plante] : Plin. 21, 54.

Latin > German (Georges)

asphaltion, ī, n., ein Klee mit langen Blättern u. asphaltartigem Geruch, griech. μινύανθες, wahrsch. gemeiner Harzklee (Psoralea bituminosa, L.), Plin. 21, 54 (griech. bei Col. 6, 17, 2).