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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>ăsīlus</b>: i, m.,<br /><b>I</b> a [[gad]]-[[fly]], [[horse]]-[[fly]], usu. [[tabanus]] (cf. Plin. 11, 28, 34, § 100); Gr. [[οἶστρος]] (cf. Isid. Orig. 12, 8, 15), Verg. G. 3, 147 (cf. Hom. Od. 22, 300). (Even in [[Seneca]]'s [[time]] the [[word]] [[was]] [[antiquated]]; v. Sen. Ep. 58; cf. Plin. 11, 28, 34, § 100.)>
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>ăsīlus</b>,¹⁵ ī, m., taon : Virg. G. 3, 147 ; Plin. 11, 100.
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{{Georges
|georg=asīlus, ī, m., die [[Bremse]], Viehbremse, gew. [[tabanus]], griech. οιστρος, [[noch]] [[jetzt]] ital. asillo, Verg. georg. 3, 147 ([[dazu]] Philarg. u. Voß). Sen. ep. 58, 2. Plin. 11, 100 u. 32, 10. Tert. de pudic. 10. Serv. Verg. georg. 3, 148.
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