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anemone

From LSJ

Ἔοικα γοῦν τούτου γε σμικρῷ τινι αὐτῷ τούτῳ σοφώτερος εἶναι, ὅτι ἃ μὴ οἶδα οὐδὲ οἴομαι εἰδέναι → I seem, then, in just this little thing to be wiser than this man at any rate, that what I do not know I do not think I know either

Plato, Apology 21d

Latin > English

anemone anemones N F :: one or other of species of anemone/wind-flower; the plant othonna

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

ănĕmōnē: ēs, f., = ἀνεμώνη,
I anemone, i. e. wind-flower, Plin. 21, 11, 38, § 65; 21, 23, 94, § 164 (in the latter pass. Pliny says it was so called because it opened its flowers only when the wind blew; it grows most abundantly in Alpine districts of warmer regions).

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

ănĕmōnē, es, f., anémone : Plin. 21, 65 ; 21, 164.

Latin > German (Georges)

anemōnē, ēs, f. (ἀνεμώνη), eine Pflanze, Anemone (gleichs. »Windröschen«, weil sie leicht vom Wind entblättert wird; vgl. Ov. met. 10, 735 sqq.), Plin. 21, 65.