bombyciae

From LSJ

ὦ δυσπάλαιστον γῆρας, ὡς μισῶ σ' ἔχων, μισῶ δ' ὅσοι χρῄζουσιν ἐκτείνειν βίον, βρωτοῖσι καὶ ποτοῖσι καὶ μαγεύμασι παρεκτρέποντες ὀχετὸν ὥστε μὴ θανεῖν: οὓς χρῆν, ἐπειδὰν μηδὲν ὠφελῶσι γῆν, θανόντας ἔρρειν κἀκποδὼν εἶναι νέοις → Old age, resistless foe, how do I loathe your presence! Them too I loathe, whoever desire to lengthen out the span of life, seeking to turn the tide of death aside by food and drink and magic spells; those whom death should take away to leave the young their place, when they no more can benefit the world

Source

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

bombȳcĭae hărundĭnes: = βομβυκίας κάλαμος (Theophr. H. P. 4, 12),
I reeds suitable for flutes, βόμβυξ (v. Lid. and Scott, s. v.), Plin. 16, 36, 66, § 170.

Latin > Chinese

bombyciae, arum. f. :: 葦類