lapathum
κρατίστην εἶναι δημοκρατίαν τὴν μήτε πλουσίους ἄγαν μήτε πένητας ἔχουσαν πολίτας → the best democracy is that in which the citizens are neither very rich nor very poor (Thales/Plutarch)
Latin > English
lapathum lapathi N N :: sorrel
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
lăpăthum: i, n., and lăpăthus, i, f. (m., Lucil.;
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v. infra. Ante-class. collat. form lăpăthĭum, ii, Varr. ap. Non. 550, 17; id. L. L. 5, § 103 Müll.), n., = λάπαθον or λάπαθος, sorrel.—Form lapathum, Plin. 20, 21, 85, § 231.—Form lapathus, Col. poët. 10, 373.—In masc., Lucil. ap. Cic. Fin. 2, 8, 24.—In a dub. form: lapathi brevis herba, Hor. S. 2, 4, 29; id. Epod. 2, 57.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
lăpăthum,¹⁶ ī, n. ou lăpăthus, ī, f. (λάπαθον), sorte d’oseille [employée comme laxatif] : Plin. 20, 231 || Hor. S. 2, 4, 29.
Latin > German (Georges)
lapathum, ī, n. u. lapathus, ī, f. (λάπαθον v. λαπάζειν, den Leib flüssig machen), der Sauerampfer, bes. als Mittel gegen den verdorbenen Magen des Schlemmers, Form -um, Cic. de fin. 2, 25. Cels. 2, 21 u. 25 29; 3, 6. p. 87, 35 D. Plin. 20, 231: poet. Form -us, Lucil. 1235. Colum. poët. 10, 373: lapathi herba, Hor. epod. 2, 57 u. sat. 2, 4, 29: lapathi radices, Scrib. Larg. 57.
Latin > Chinese
lapathum, i. n. :: 牛舌草
