rubia
From LSJ
ἢν μή τις ὥσπερ σφηκιὰν βλίττῃ με κἀρεθίζῃ → may no one squeeze me and tease me like a wasp | may no one smoke me and tease me like a wasp | but if anyone annoys me and rifles my nest, they'll find a wasp inside | still if you wake a wasps' nest then of wasps you must beware
Latin > English
rubia rubiae N F :: red dye
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
rŭbĭa: ae, f. 1. rubeus,
I madder, Plin. 19, 3, 17, § 47: quam aliqui ereuthodanum vocant, id. 24, 11, 56, § 94; 35, 6, 26, § 45; Vitr. 7, 14.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
rŭbĭa, æ, f., garance [plante à teinture] : Plin. 19, 47 ; 24, 94.
Latin > German (Georges)
rubia, ae, f., die Färberröte, der Krapp, Vitr. 7, 14, 1. Plin. 19, 47 u.a.
