lilium

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ὕδωρ δὲ πίνων οὐδὲν ἂν τέκοι σοφόν → by drinking water you would never create anything great

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Latin > English

lilium lili(i) N N :: lily; "lily" trap

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

līlĭum: ĭi, n. λείριον,
I a lily: lilium rosae nobilitate promixum est, Plin. 21, 5, 11, § 22; 21, 19, 74, § 126; Varr. R. R. 1, 35; Pall. Febr. 21, 3: candida, Verg. A. 6, 709: lucida, Prop. 3, 11 (4, 12), 30: argentea, id. 4, 4, 23: hiantia, Ov. A. A. 2, 115: breve, short-lived, that blooms but for a short time, Hor. C. 1, 36, 16: rubens, = κρίνον, a reddish kind of lily, Plin. 21, 5, 11, § 24.—
II Transf., a sort of defence, consisting of several rows of pits, in which stakes were planted, rising only four inches above the surface of the ground, Caes. B. G. 7, 73, 8.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

līlĭum,¹² ĭī, n., lis [plante et fleur] : Virg. En. 6, 709 ; Ov. Ars 2, 115 ; Plin. 21, 22 || chevaux de frise [en t. de guerre] : Cæs. G. 7, 73, 8.

Latin > German (Georges)

līlium, iī, n. (v. λείριον), die Lilie, I) eig., Varro r. r. 1, 35. Plin. 21, 22 sqq. Ov. met. 10, 191 u. 212: bes. die weiße, album, Plin. 21, 24. Verg. Aen. 12, 68. Tibull. 3, 4, 34, od. candidum, Verg. Aen. 6, 709. Prop. 1, 20, 37. Ov. met. 4, 355, od. candens, Ov. met. 12, 411, od. argenteum, Prop. 4, 4, 25: u. die rötliche, rubens (Lilium Chalcedonicum, L.), Plin. 21, 24. – II) meton., als milit. t. t. = eine lilienförmige Art der Verschanzung aus mehreren Reihen von Gruben, in die Pfähle eingeschlagen waren, die nur vier Zoll hervorragten, Caes. b. G. 7, 73, 8.

Latin > Chinese

lilium, ii. n. :: 玉薽花