pistrix

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μοχθεῖν τε βροτοῖσ(ιν) άνάγκη → and you mortals must endure trouble (Euripides' Hippolytus 208)

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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

pistrix: īcis, f. pistor,
I a woman who pounds corn; hence, transf., a female baker, Lucil. ap. Varr. L. L. 5, § 138 Müll., and ap. Fest. s. v. mamphula, p. 142 Müll.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

(1) pistrīx, īcis, f. (pistor), celle qui fait le pain, boulangère : Lucil. d. Varro L. 5, 138.
(2) pistrīx,¹⁵ īcis, f., baleine : Virg. En. 3, 427