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Latin > English

mephitis mephitis N F :: noxious exhalation; malaria

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

mĕphītis: is, f.,
I a noxious, pestilential exhalation from the ground, mephitis.
I Lit.: saevamque exhalat opaca mephitim, Verg. A. 7, 84: sulphureae, Pers. 3, 99.—
II Personified: Mĕphītis (Mĕfi-tis), is, f., a goddess who averts pestilential exhalations, Tac. H. 3, 34; Plin. 2, 93, 95, § 208; Inscr. Orell. 1795; cf. Serv. Verg. A. 7, 84: lucus Mephitis, Varr. L. L. 5, 7, § 49 Müll.: aedes, Paul. ex Fest. 351, 3.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

(1) mĕphītis¹⁵ (-fītis), is, f., exhalaison méphitique [sulfureuse] : [venant du sol Virg. En. 7, 84 ; [venant du gosier] Pers. 3, 99.

Latin > German (Georges)

mephītis (mefītis), tis, Akk. tim, f., I) die schädliche pestilenzialische Ausdünstung der Erde, saeva, Verg. Aen. 7, 84: sulfureae mephites, Pers. 3, 99. – II) personif., Mephitis = die Göttin der schädlichen und pestilenzialischen Dünste der Erde, die sie abhalten sollte, Tac. hist. 3, 33. Plin. 2, 208: lucus Mephitis, Varro LL. 5, 49: aedes Mephitis, Fest. p. 351, 3.