fistuca
καὶ οἱ ἀμαθέστατοι τῶν ἰατρῶν τὸ αὐτὸ σοὶ ποιοῦσιν, ἐλεφαντίνους νάρθηκας καὶ σικύας ἀργυρᾶς ποιούμενοι καὶ σμίλας χρυσοκολλήτους: ὁπόταν δὲ καὶ χρήσασθαι τούτοις δέῃ, οἱ μὲν οὐδὲ ὅπως χρὴ μεταχειρίσασθαι αὐτὰ ἴσασιν → the most ignorant of doctors do the same as you, getting themselves ivory containers, silver cupping instruments, and gold-inlaid scalpels; but when it's time to use those things, they haven't the slightest notion of how to handle them
Latin > English
fistuca fistucae N F :: rammer, mallet
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
fistūca: ae, f.,
I an instrument for ramming down, a rammer, beetle, Caes. B. G. 4, 17, 4; Cato, R. R. 28, 2; Plin. 36, 25, 61, § 185.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
fistūca¹⁶ (fest-), æ, f., mouton [pour enfoncer des pilotis] : Cæs. G. 4, 17, 4 || masse pour aplanir (pour niveler), hie, dame, demoiselle : Plin. 36, 185, v. festuca 2.
Latin > German (Georges)
fīstūca, fīstūcātio, fīstūco, s. 1. fēstūca, fēstūcātio, fēstūco.
