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Οὐ γὰρ ἀργίας ὤνιονὑγίεια καὶ ἀπραξίας, ἅ γε δὴ μέγιστα κακῶν ταῖς νόσοις πρόσεστι, καὶ οὐδὲν διαφέρει τοῦ τὰ ὄμματα τῷ μὴ διαβλέπειν καὶ τὴν φωνὴν τῷ μὴ φθέγγεσθαι φυλάττοντος ὁ τὴν ὑγίειαν ἀχρηστίᾳ καὶ ἡσυχίᾳ σῴζειν οἰόμενος → For health is not to be purchased by idleness and inactivity, which are the greatest evils attendant on sickness, and the man who thinks to conserve his health by uselessness and ease does not differ from him who guards his eyes by not seeing, and his voice by not speaking

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Revision as of 14:08, 14 May 2024

Latin > English

nepa nepae N F :: scorpion; a crab

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

nĕpa: ae, f. acc. to Paul. ex Fest. p. 164 and 165 Müll., an African word: Afrorum linguā est animal venenatum, caudā feriens, alio nomine scorpius, etc., Fest. l. l..
I A scorpion, Cic. Fin. 5, 15, 42 Madv. ad loc.—
   B Nepa, a constellation, the Scorpion: Capra aut Nepa, Enn. ap. Cic. Rep. 1, 18, 30 (Trag. v. 276 Vahl.): pectus Nepai, Cic. poët. N. D. 2, 42, 109; Col. 10, 56.—Collat. form, nĕpas, ae, m., Col. 11, 2, 39.—
II Transf., a cŕab: recessim cedam ad parietem imitabor nepam, Plaut. Cas. 2, 8, 7; Ser. Samm. 13, 199.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

nĕpa,¹⁶ æ, m., scorpion [insecte] : Col. Rust. 11, 2, 39 ; Cic. Fin. 5, 42 ; P. Fest. 164 || le Scorpion [signe céleste] : [poet.] Cic. Nat. 2, 109 || écrevisse : Pl. Cas. 443.

Latin > German (Georges)

nepa, ae, f. (nach Festus ein afrikanisches Wort), I) der Skorpion, als Tier, Cic. de fin. 5, 42: u. als Gestirn, Cic. Arat. u.a. – II) der Krebs, als Tier, Plaut. u. Ser. Samm.: u. als Gestirn, Cic. Arat.