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Ἓν οἶδα, ὅτι οὐδὲν οἶδα → I know only one thing, that I know nothing | all I know is that I know nothing.

Diogenes Laertius, Lives of the Philosophers, Book 2 sec. 32.

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

mēcōnĭum: ii, n., = μηκώνιον.
I Poppy-juice, Plin. 20, 18, 76, § 202; 25, 12, 91, § 142.—
II A plant, called also peplis, Plin. 27, 12, 93, § 119.—
III The excrements of new-born children, Plin. 28, 4, 13, § 52.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

mēcōnĭum, ĭī, n. (μηκώνιον), opium : Plin. 20, 202 || excréments de nouveau-nés : Plin. 28, 52 || plante appelée peplis : Plin. 27, 119.

Latin > German (Georges)

mēcōnium, s. meconion.