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lapsana

From LSJ

Περὶ τοῦ ἐπέκεινα τοῦ νοῦ κατὰ μὲν νόησιν πολλὰ λέγεται, θεωρεῖται δὲ ἀνοησίᾳ κρείττονι νοήσεως → On the subject of that which is beyond intellect, many statements are made on the basis of intellection, but it may be immediately cognised only by means of a non-intellection superior to intellection

Porphyry, Sententiae, 25

Latin > English

lapsana lapsanae N F :: charlock plant (Pliny)

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

lapsăna: (lampsăna), ae, f. (also lapsănium, ii, n., Hier. ap. Reg. S. Pachom. 52), = λαψάνη and λαμψάνη,
I an edible plant, charlock, Sinapis arvensis, Linn.; Plin. 20, 9, 37, § 96; Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 25; Cels. 2, 25.—Prov.: lapsanā vivere, to live on a meagre diet, Plin. 19, 8, 41, § 144.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

lapsăna, æ, f., Varro R. 3, 16, 25 ; Plin. 20, 96 ; lapsănĭum, ĭī, n., Hier. Reg. Pach. 52, sorte de chou sauvage.

Latin > German (Georges)

lapsana (in Hdschrn. auch lampsana), ae, f. (λαψάνη, λαμψάνη), eine eßbare Pflanze, der Ackersenf (Sinapis arvensis, L.), Varro r. r. 3, 16, 25. Colum. 12, 7, 1. Cels. 2, 25 u. 31. Plin. 20, 96: Plur., vulgares lapsanae, Colum. 9, 4, 5. – Sprichw., lapsanā vivere, sehr sparsam leben, Plin. 19, 144.