obturamentum
From LSJ
κρεῖττον τὸ μὴ ζῆν ἐστιν ἢ ζῆν ἀθλίως → death is better than a life of misery, it is better not to live at all than to live in misery
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
obtūrāmentum: (or optūrāmen-tum), i, n. id.,
I a stopper, bung, Plin. 16, 8, 13, § 34; 33, 4, 21, § 75.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
obtūrāmentum, ī, n. (obturo), tout ce qui sert à boucher : cadorum obturamenta Plin. 16, 34, bondes de tonneaux, cf. 33, 75.
Latin > German (Georges)
obtūrāmentum (optūrāmentum), ī, n. (obturo), der Stöpsel, Zapfen, cadorum obturamenta, Plin. 16, 34: ut repleto stagno excussis obturamentis erumpat torrens, Plin. 33, 75: obturamentum deponere, Past. Herm. 2, 11. Vgl. Gloss. III, 130, 13 obturamentum, βύσμα.
