hyoscyamus
πολλὰ τὰ δεινὰ κοὐδὲν ἀνθρώπου δεινότερον πέλει → many things are formidable, and none more formidable than man | wonders are many, and none is more wonderful than man | many things are bad, but nothing is more atrocious than man
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
hyoscyămus: i, m., = ὑοσκύαμος,
I the herb henbane, called also Apollinaris and altercum, Plin. 25, 4, 17, § 35; Cels. 5, 27, 14; Col. 6, 38, 3.—In a corrupted form: jusquiamus, i, m., Pall. 1, 35, 5; Veg. Vet. 2, 12, 5.
Latin > German (Georges)
hyoscyamus (-os), ī, m. u. hyoscyamum, ī, n. (ὑοςκύαμος), das Bilsenkraut, Nom. -amus, Plin. 25, 35. Marc. Emp. 30: Nom. -amos, Veget. mul. 3, 12, 5. Ps. Apul. herb. 5: Nom. -amum, Cels. 2, 33 u. 3, 18. – verderbte Nbf. iusquiamus, Plin. Val. 1, 14 extr. u. 1, 58. Dynam. 2, 10. Pallad. 1, 35, 5 vulg. (Schneider ohne Not hyosc.).
