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asphodelus

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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

asphodelus asphodeli N M :: asphodel (Asphodelus ramosus)

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

asphŏdĕlus: (-ĭlus, Pall. 1, 37, 2), i, m., = ἀσφόδελος,
I the asphodel, a kind of lily-shaped plant with many tubercles at the root: Asphodelus ramosus, Linn.; Plin. 21, 17, 68, § 108 sqq. (acc. to Isid. Orig. 17, 9, 84, in pure Lat., albutium).

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

asphŏdĕlus, ī, m. (ἀσφόδελος), asphodèle ou ache royale : Plin. 12, 31 ; 21, 108 || -dĭlus M. Emp. 15, 35.

Latin > German (Georges)

asphodelus u. (selten) -ilus, ī, m. (ἀσφόδελος), Asphodill, Asphodillwurz (Asphodelus ramosus, L., nach Scribon. 254 u. Ps. Apul. herb. 33 rein lat. astula regia, nach Isid. 17, 9, 84 rein lat. albutium), Col. 9, 4, 4. Plin. 12, 31; 21, 108 u.a. Gell. 18, 2, 13 (wo asphodelum): asphodil., Pallad. 1, 37, 2.

Latin > Chinese

asphodelus, i. m. :: 茵草