lapsana
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.