cantharis
λίγεια μινύρεται θαμίζουσα μάλιστ' ἀηδών → the sweet-voiced nightingale mourns constantly, the sweet-voiced nightingale most loves to warble
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
canthăris: ĭdis, f., = κανθαρίς.
I A genus of beetle, of several species; in pure Lat. scarabaeus parvus, Plin. 29, 4, 30, § 94; freq. used in medicine, id. 11, 35, 41, § 118; 29, 4, 30, § 93.—Esp. the (very poisonous) Spanish fly, cantharides: Meloe vesicatorius, Linn.; Cic. Tusc. 5, 40, 117; id. Fam. 9, 21, 3; Ov. Ib. 306; cf. Plin. 29, 4, 30, § 94; 11, 35, 41, § 118.—
II A worm injurious to the vine and rose, Pall. 1, 35, 6 and 4; cf. Plin. 18, 17, 44, § 152. >
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
canthăris,¹⁶ ĭdis, f. (κανθαρίς), cantharide [insecte venimeux] : Cic. Tusc. 5, 117 || charançon : Plin. 18, 152 || insecte qui nuit à la vigne : Pall. 1, 35, 6.
Latin > German (Georges)
cantharis, idis, Akk. Plur. idas, f. (κανθαρίς), I) die spanische Fliege (Meloe vesicatorius, L.), bes. in bezug auf das aus ihr gewonnene Gift, Cic. Tusc. 5, 117. Ov. Ib. 308. Val. Max. 6, 2. ext. 3. – Nbf. cantharida, ae, f., Isid. 12, 5, 5. Greg. Tur. hist. Franc. 6, 15: u. cantareda, ae, f., Greg. Tur. hist. Franc. 6, 15 Arndt. – II) der Kornwurm, Plin. 18, 152.
