phthiriasis
From LSJ
ἐπεὰν νῶτον ὑὸς δελεάσῃ περὶ ἄγκιστρον, μετιεῖ ἐς μέσον τὸν ποταμόν, ὁ κροκόδειλος ἵεται κατὰ τὴν φωνήν, ἐντυχὼν δὲ τῷ νώτῳ καταπίνει → when he has baited a hog's back onto a hook, he throws it into the middle of the river, ... the crocodile lunges toward the voice of a squealing piglet, and having come upon the hogback, swallows it
Latin > English
phthiriasis phthiriasis N F :: pthiriasis; louse-disease (Pliny)
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
phthīrĭăsis: is, f., = φθειρίασις,
I the lousy disease, phthiriasis, Plin. 26, 13, 86, § 138; 20, 6, 23, § 53; 25, 5, 25, § 61 al.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
phthīrĭāsis, is, f. (φθειρίασις), phthiriase [maladie pédiculaire] : Plin. 20, 53.
Latin > German (Georges)
phthīriasis, is, Akk. im, Abl. ī, f. (φθειρίασις), die Läusesucht, Plin. 20, 53 u.a. Aur. Vict. de vir. ill. 75, 12.
