asilus
From LSJ
ποταμῷ γὰρ οὐκ ἔστιν ἐμβῆναι δὶς τῷ αὐτῷ → it is impossible to step twice in the same river, you cannot step twice into the same rivers
Latin > English
asilus asili N M :: gadfly; horse-fly
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
ăsīlus: i, m.,
I 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.)>
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
ăsīlus,¹⁵ ī, m., taon : Virg. G. 3, 147 ; Plin. 11, 100.
Latin > German (Georges)
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.
