albugo
φιλοσοφώτερον καὶ σπουδαιότερον ποίησις ἱστορίας ἐστίν: ἡ μὲν γὰρ ποίησις μᾶλλον τὰ καθόλου, ἡ δ' ἱστορία τὰ καθ' ἕκαστον λέγει → poetry is something more scientific and serious than history, because poetry tends to give general truths while history gives particular facts
Latin > English
albugo albuginis N F :: white opaque spot on the eye; disorder of the scalp
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
albūgo: ĭnis, f. albus (perh. only in Pliny).
I A white spot, a disease of the eye; film, albugo, Plin. 32, 7, 24, § 70: oculorum albugines, id. 24, 5, 11, § 19: pupillarum, id. 29, 6, 38, § 117: habere in oculo, Vulg. Lev. 21, 20.—*
II In the plur., scurf upon the head, Plin. 26, 15, 90, § 160.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
albūgō, ĭnis, f. (albus), taie blanche sur l’œil : Plin. 32, 70, etc. || squames sur la tête : Plin. 26, 160.
Latin > German (Georges)
albūgo, inis, f. (albus), das Weiße, der weiße Fleck, oculi, im Auge, Plin. u. Vulg.: albugines ovorum, Cass. Fel.: albugines capitis, Schuppen auf dem Kopfe, Plin.
