festuca
Πάντα οὖν ὅσα ἐὰν θέλητε ἵνα ποιῶσιν ὑμῖν οἱ ἄνθρωποι, οὕτως καὶ ὑμεῖς ποιεῖτε αὐτοῖς· οὗτος γάρ ἐστιν ὁ νόμος καὶ οἱ προφῆται → Therefore as many things as you would like people to do for you, do also the same for them: that is the Torah, that is the prophets! (Matthew 7:12)
Latin > English
festuca festucae N F :: straw; stalk (used in manumission); ram for beating down earth, piledriver
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
festūca: ae, f.,
I a stalk, stem, straw.
I Lit.
A In gen.: qui homo in pratis per fenisecta festucas corradit, Varr. L. L. 5, § 136; Col. 8, 15, 6; Plin. 10, 41, 57, § 116; 18, 27, 67, § 254.—
B A rod with which slaves were touched in the ceremony of manumission: qui vindicabat festucam tenebat ... et homini imponebat, Gai. Inst. 4, 16; cf.: vindicta, A.: quid? ea ingenuan' an festuca facta e serva libera'st? Plaut. Mil. 4, 1, 15; id. Pers. 5, 175.—
II Transf., a straw-like weed which grows among barley, also called aegilops, Plin. 18, 17, 44, § 155.—
B A trifle, particle, mote: in oculo fratris, Vulg. Matt. 7, 3; id. Luc. 6, 41.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
(1) festūca,¹⁶ æ, f.,
1 fétu, brin de paille, tige : Varro L. 5, 136 ; Plin. 18, 254
2 baguette, dont le préteur touchait la tête d’un esclave pour l’affranchir : Pl. Mil. 961 ; Pers. 5, 175
3 coquiole [herbe] : Plin. 18, 155.
(2) festūca,¹⁶ æ, c. fistuca : Cato Agr. 28, 2.
Latin > German (Georges)
(1) fēstūca1, ae, f. (vermutlich aus *ferstuca, zu fastigium), I) der Halm, Grashalm, Varro LL. 5, 136. Col. 8, 15, 7, Plin. 10, 116: cum herba creverit in festucam, Plin. 18, 254. – ein halmartiges Unkraut, Plin. 18, 155. – II) übtr., die Rute od. das Stäbchen, womit nach röm. Sitte der assertor libertatis den Sklaven berührte, der für frei erklärt werden sollte, sonst auch vindicta gen., die Freiheitsrute, der Freiheitsstab, ingenuan an festucā facta e serva liberast? Plaut. mil. 961: non in festucā, lictor quam iactat ineptus, Pers. 5, 175.
(2) fēstūca2 (nicht fīstūca), ae, f., ein Werkzeug zum Einrammen, der Schlegel, die Ramme, Plaut. mil. 961. Cato r. r. 28, 2. Caes. b. G. 4, 17, 4 codd. TU. Plin. 17, 87 u. 36, 185 D. Vulg. Matth. 7, 3 sqq.; Luc. 6, 41 u. 42. Augustin. serm. 49, 7. Gloss. II, 71, 45; II, 339, 23 u. ö. – / fīstūca nur Gloss. III, 407, 16.
