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Νέµουσι δ' οἴκους καὶ τὰ ναυστολούµενα ἔσω δόµων σῴζουσιν, οὐδ' ἐρηµίᾳ γυναικὸς οἶκος εὐπινὴς οὐδ' ὄλβιος → They manage households, and save what is brought by sea within the home, and no house deprived of a woman can be tidy and prosperous

Euripides, Melanippe Captiva, Fragment 6.11

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

pūlēĭum: or pūlĕgĭum (Ser. Samm. 1, 18; Cels. 2, 32, 2), ii, n.,
I fleabane, fleawort, pennyroyal: mentha pulegium, Linn.; Plin. 20, 14, 54, § 152; Cic. Div. 2, 14, 33; Col. 12, 35 fin.; 12, 57, 1; Pall. 12, 22, 1; Mart. 12, 32, 19; Ser. Samm. 1, 18.—On account of its pleasant odor, transf.: ad cujus rutam pulegio mihi tui sermonis utendum, i. e. the pleasantness of your discourse, Cic. Fam. 16, 23, 2.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

pūleium (-lejum), ī, n., pouliot [plante aromatique, du genre des menthes] : Cic. Div. 2, 33 || [fig.] odeur agréable, douceur : Cic. Fam. 16, 23, 2, v. ruta.

Latin > German (Georges)

pūlēium, ī, n. u. pūlēgium, iī, n. (βλήχων), der Polei, das Flöhkraut (Mentha pulegium, L.), eine wohlriechende Pflanze, α) Form pulēium, Cic. de div. 2, 33. Colum. 12, 7, 1 u.a. Sen. contr. 7. praef. § 3. Mart. 12, 32, 19. Plin. 2, 108. Pallad. 12, 22, 1. [[Ser.]] Samm. 18 u. 599. Arnob. 7, 16. Apic. 4, 179. – bildl., ad cuius rutam puleio mihi tui sermonis utendum est, der rauhen Sprache des Mannes gegenüber muß ich deine sanfte Tonart in Anwendung bringen, Cic. ep. 16, 23, 2. – β) Form -egium, Cels. 2, 32 u. 33 D. Plin. Val. 1, 1. fol. 165 (a), 23.