hysginum
From LSJ
ἐπάμεροι· τί δέ τις; τί δ' οὔ τις; σκιᾶς ὄναρ ἄνθρωπος → Neverlasting: What is a somebody? What is a nobody? You are a dream of a shadow | Creatures of a day. What is a someone, what is a no one? Man is the dream of a shade.
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
hysgĭnum: i, n., = ὕσγινον,
I the darkred color obtained from the plant ὕσγη, Plin. 9, 41, 65, § 140; 21, 26, 97, § 170; Vitr. 7, 14; Dig. 32, 1, 78, § 5.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
hysgĭnum, ī, n. (ὕσγινον), hysgyne, teinture violette : Plin. 9, 140.
Latin > German (Georges)
hysgīnum, ī, n. (ὕσγινον, τό, v. einem Strauche ὑσγή, wahrsch. der galatische Name für πρινος, die Kermeseiche), eine dunkelrote Farbe, die zwischen Scharlach u. Purpur das Mittel hielt, Karmesin, Vitr. 7, 14, 1. Plin. 9, 140; 21, 62 u. 170. Paul. dig. 32, 1, 78. § 5.
