abdomen
οὐχὶ σοῦσθ'; οὐκ ἐς κόρακας; οὐκ ἄπιτε; παῖε τῷ ξύλῳ → You will not go? The plague seize you! Will you not clear off? Hit them with your stick!
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
subs.
Ar. and P. ἦτρον, τό; see belly.
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
abdŏmĕn: ĭnis, n. etym. uncertain; perh. for adipomen, from adeps, or perh. from abdo, to conceal, cover,
I the fat lower part of the belly, the paunch, abdomen, λαπάρα.
I Lit., of men and animals: abdomina thynni, Lucil. ap. Non. 35, 22; so Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 44; Cels. 4, 1 fin.; Plin. 8, 51, 77 fin.; 11, 37, 84 fin.; Juv. 4, 107; Aus. Idyll. 10, 104. —
II Meton. for gluttony, sensuality: ille heluo natus abdomini suo, non laudi, Cic. Pis. 17, 41; so, natus abdomini, Treb. Gall. 17; cf. also Cic. Pis. 27, 66; id. Sest. 51, 110. —With respect to carnal lust: jamdudum gestit moecho hoc abdomen adimere, Plaut. Mil. 5, 5; but opp. to lechery (libido): alius libidine insanit, alius abdomini servit, Sen. Ben. 7, 26, 4.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
abdōmĕn,¹³ ĭnis, n.,
1 ventre, abdomen : Pl. Mil. 1398 || [d’animaux] : Pl. Curc. 323 ; Plin. 8, 209 ; 9, 48
2 [fig.] = sensualité, gourmandise : insaturabile abdomen Cic. Sest. 110, un ventre insatiable, cf. Pis. 41 ; 66 ; Sen. Ben. 7, 26, 4.
abdumen Char. 38, 9.
