boletus
ὃν οὐ τύπτει λόγος οὐδὲ ῥάβδος → if words don't get through, neither a beating will | if the carrot doesn't work, the stick will not work either | whom words do not strike, neither does the rod
Latin > English
boletus boleti N M :: mushroom (best kind); bolet
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
bōlētus: i, m., = βωλίτης,
I the best kind of mushrooms, Plin. 22, 22, 46, § 92; Plaut. Curc. 5, 2, 14; Mart. 1, 21; 14, 101; Juv. 14, 8; much valued by the Romans, Mart. 3, 60; 13, 48.—The emperor Claudius is said to have been poisoned by them, Plin. l. l.: Tac. A. 12, 67 dub.; Suet. Claud. 44; Juv. 5, 147.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
bōlētus,¹³ ī, m. (βωλίτης), bolet [champignon] : Sen. Nat. 4, 13, 10 ; Plin. 22, 92.
Latin > German (Georges)
bōlētus, ī, m. (βωλίτης), die beste Art eßbarer Pilze, der Champignon, Sen. ep. 95, 25 u. (bes.) Sen. nat. qu. 4, 13, 10. Plin. 22, 92. Suet. Claud. 44, 2. Mart. 1, 20, 4 u.a.
