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τίς τὸν πλανήτην Οἰδίπουν καθ' ἡμέραν τὴν νῦν σπανιστοῖς δέξεται δωρήμασιν → who on this day shall receive Oedipus the wanderer with scanty gifts

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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

myrīcē: ēs, or myrīca, ae, f., = μυρίκη,
I the tamarisk, a kind of shrub, Plin. 13, 21, 37, § 116; 24, 9, 41, § 67.—Prov., to signify something impossible: pinguia corticibus sudent electra myricae, Verg. E. 8, 54.

Latin > German (Georges)

myrīcē, ēs, f. u. myrīca, ae, f. (μυρίκη), die französische od. welsche Tamariske, ein am Wasser wachsendes strauchartiges Gewächs, mit bitterer Rinde, schwachen Zweigen u. kleinen Blättern (Tamarix gallica. L.), Plin. nat. hist. 1. ind. libr. 24. c. 41. Plin. 13, 116 u. 24, 67. Vulg. Ierem. 17, 6 u. 48, 6: Plur., Verg. ecl. 4, 2. Ov. art. am. 3, 691; met. 10, 97. – pinguia corticibus sudent electra myricae, zur Bezeichnung des Widernatürlichen, Verg. ecl. 8, 54: ebenso si quis idem sperat, iacturas poma myricas speret, Ov. art. am. 1, 747.