anchusa

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ἐπὶ ξυροῦ γὰρ ἀκμῆς ἔχεται ἡμῖν τὰ πρήγματα → our affairs are balanced on a razor's edge, our affairs are set upon the razor's edge

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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

anchūsa: ae, f., = ἄγχουσα,
I a plant used as a cosmetic, ox-tongue: Anchusa tinctoria, Linn.; Plin. 22, 20, 23, § 48.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

anchūsa (ancūsa Gloss.), æ, f. (ἄγχουσα), orcanète [plante employée comme cosmétique] : Plin. 22, 48.

Latin > German (Georges)

anchūsa, ae, f. (ἄγχουσα), eine Pflanze, die färbende Ochsenzunge (Anchusa tinctoria, L.), deren Wurzel zur Rotfärberei verwandt wurde, Plin. 22, 48 sqq. Cael. Aur. chron. 3, 5, 74 u. 4, 8, 127. Pelag. vet. 26. – eine andere Pflanze b. Plin. 27, 59.