puleium
μή, φίλα ψυχά, βίον ἀθάνατον σπεῦδε, τὰν δ' ἔμπρακτον ἄντλει μαχανάν → Oh! my soul do not aspire to eternal life, but exhaust the limits of the possible. | Do not yearn, O my soul, for immortal life! Use to the utmost the skill that is yours. | Do not, my soul, strive for the life of the immortals, but exhaust the practical means at your disposal.
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.
