tinctorius

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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

Source

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

tinctōrĭus: a, um, adj. id.,
I of or belonging to plunging in or dyeing; trop.: mens, i. e. bloodthirsty, Plin. 7, 7, 5, § 44.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

tīnctōrĭus, a, um (tingo), qui sert à teindre, tinctorial : Plin. 7, 44.