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V. [[φαγέδαινα]], ἡ (Aesch. ''Frag.'', Eur. ''Frag.'').
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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>cancer</b>: cri (<br /><b>I</b> gen. canceris, Lucr. 5, 616; Arn. 1, p. 30; acc. plur. canceres, [[Cato]], R. R. 157, 3), m. (neutr. [[Claudius]], Quadrig. ap. Prisc. p. 697 P.; Scrib. Comp. 206 and 240) [cf. [[καρκίνος]]; [[root]] kar-, to be [[hard]]; [[whence]] [[κάρυον]], [[cornu]], a [[crab]], a [[river]]-[[crab]], [[sea]]-[[crab]].<br /><b>I</b> Lit., Plin. 9, 31, 51, § 97 sq.; 19, 10, 58, § 180; Pall. 1, 35, 7; Ov. M. 15, 369; Plaut. Ps. 4, 1, 45; Verg. G. 4, 48; Col. 9, 5, 6: [[cancer]] [[femina]], Plin. 32, 10, 46, § 134; Pall. 1, 35, 7.—*<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> [[Meton]]., hands [[that]] cling [[fast]] [[like]] the claws of crabs: Orci cancri, App. M. 6, p. 176, 26.—<br /><b>II</b> As nom. propr., the Crab, the [[sign]] of the zodiac in [[which]] the [[sun]] is [[found]] at the [[time]] of the [[summer]] [[solstice]], Lucr. 5, 616; Ov. M. 2, 83; 10, 127; id. F. 6, 727; Cic. N. D. 2, 43, 110; Luc. 10, 259; cf. Hyg. Astr. 2, 23; Macr. S. 1, 17 fin.; acc. to the [[fable]], as an [[animal]] [[hostile]] to [[Hercules]] in the [[contest]] [[with]] the Lernœan [[hydra]]; cf. Hyg. l. l. Hence, Lernaeus, Col. 10, 313.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Poet. for the [[region]] of the [[south]], the [[south]], Ov. M. 4, 625.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>C</b> To [[designate]] [[great]] or [[violent]] [[heat]], Ov. M. 10, 127.—<br /><b>III</b> In [[medicine]], a crawling, [[eating]], [[suppurating]] [[ulcer]], [[malignant]] [[tumor]], a [[cancer]], Cels. 5, 26, 31; 6, 18, 3: [[malum]] immedicabile [[cancer]], Ov. M. 2, 825; [[Cato]], R. R. 157, 3; Claud. Quadrig. ap. Prisc. p. 697 P><br /><b>cancer</b>: cri, m. [[root]] kar-, to [[bend]], [[twist]]; [[whence]] [[corona]], [[circus]],<br /><b>I</b> a [[lattice]], the [[radical]] form of [[cancelli]], q. v., Paul. ex Fest. p. 46; cf.: [[inter]] Orci cancros, App. M. 6, p. 176, 25.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=(1) <b>[[cancer]],¹² cancrī, m. ([[καρκίνος]]),<br /><b>1</b> cancre, crabe, écrevisse : Plin. 9, 97<br /><b>2</b> le Cancer, signe du zodiaque : Cic. Arat. 34, 263 ; Lucr. 5, 617 &#124;&#124; [poét.] le sud : Ov. M. 4, 625<br /><b>3</b> chaleur violente : Ov. M. 10, 127<br /><b>4</b> [[cancer]], chancre : Cels. Med. 5, 26, 31 ; [dans ce sens qqfois [[neutre]] : Prisc. Gramm. 6, 43 ] &#124;&#124; [fig.] Orci cancri Apul. M. 6, 8, les griffes de Pluton. qqf. gén. canceris et pl. -[[eres]] au sens de maladie : [[Cato]] Agr. 157, 3 ; Arn. 1, 50.<br />(2) <b>[[cancer]], crī, m., treillis : P. Fest. 46.||[poét.] le sud : Ov. M. 4, 625<br /><b>3</b> chaleur violente : Ov. M. 10, 127<br /><b>4</b> [[cancer]], chancre : Cels. Med. 5, 26, 31 ; [dans ce sens qqfois [[neutre]] : Prisc. Gramm. 6, 43 ]||[fig.] Orci cancri Apul. M. 6, 8, les griffes de Pluton. qqf. gén. canceris et pl. -[[eres]] au sens de maladie : [[Cato]] Agr. 157, 3 ; Arn. 1, 50.<br />(2) <b>[[cancer]], crī, m., treillis : P. Fest. 46.
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{{Georges
|georg=cancer, crī, m. (vgl. griech. [[καρκίνος]]), I) das [[Gitter]] (s. Paul. ex [[Fest]]. 46, 2), [[inter]] Orci cancros haerescere, Apul. [[met]]. 6, 8. – II) metonisch, das Gittertier = der [[Krebs]], A) eig., der Flußkrebs od. Seekrebs, Plin. u.a.: [[marinus]] [[sive]] [[fluminalis]], Cael. Aur. chron. 1, 4, 119: cancri digiti primores, Varr. [[sat]]. Men. 42: [[antiquus]] [[amor]] [[cancer]] est, geht den [[Krebsgang]], Petr. 42, 7. – B) übtr.: 1) Cancer [[als]] nom. propr., der [[Krebs]], das bekannte [[Sternbild]] [[des]] Tierkreises [[zwischen]] dem Löwen u. den Zwillingen, [[von]] dem der [[Wendepunkt]] u. [[Wendekreis]] der [[Sonne]] im [[Sommer]] den Namen »[[Wendepunkt]] u. [[Wendekreis]] [[des]] Krebses« hat, Lucr., Ov., Petr. u.a. – 2) meton.: a) poet. = Südgegend, Ov. [[met]]. 4, 625. – b) zur Bezeichnung großer [[Hitze]], Ov. [[met]]. 10, 127. – c) [[als]] [[Geschwür]], der [[Krebs]], [[bei]] [[Celsus]] [[bald]] [[ein]] erysipelatöses, [[bald]] [[ein]] putrides, [[bald]] [[ein]] gangränöses [[Geschwür]], [[Cato]], Cels. u.a.: in [[mamilla]] cancrum habere, Augustin. de civ. dei 22, 8. p. 499, 27 D.: [[sermo]] eorum ut [[cancer]] serpit, frißt um [[sich]] [[wie]] der Kr., Vulg. 2. Tim. 2, 17: sermones eorum [[velut]] [[cancer]] et pestem fugiendo vitate, Cypr. ep. 43, 5. – / [[cancer]] ([[als]] [[Geschwür]]) [[auch]] Genet. canceris, Arnob. 1, 50, u. Plur. canceres, [[Cato]] r. r. 157, 3. – u. (in ders. [[Bedeutung]]) [[als]] [[Neutrum]], Claud. Quadrig. [[bei]] Prisc. 6, 43. Scrib. 206 u. 240. Cypr. sent. episc. 10 u. ep. 43, 5.
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