mastruca
Αὐτάρκης ἔσῃ, ἂν μάθῃς τί τὸ καλὸν κἀγαθόν ἐστι → You will be contented with your lot if you learn what the honourable and good is
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
mastrūca: (mastrūga), ae, f. Sardinian;
v. infra,
I a garment made of skins, a sheepskin, a skin: mastrucam, quod Sardum est, inridens Cicero ex industria dixit, Quint. 1, 5, 8: mastruca vestis Sardonica ex pelliculis ferarum, de qua Cicero pro Scauro: Quem purpura regalis non commovit, eum Sardorum mastruca mutavit? Isid. Orig. 19, 23, 5 (Orell. Cic. Fragm. Scaur. § 45, d, p. 268); so Prud. Symm. 2, 695.— As a term of abuse, a sheepskin, a ninny, Plaut. Poen. 5, 5, 34.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
mastrūca,¹⁶ ou -ga, æ, f., vêtement de peau des Sardes et des Germains : Pl. Pœn. 1171 ; Cic. Scauro 45 ; Quint. 1, 5, 8.
Latin > German (Georges)
mastrūca (mastrūga), ae, f. (nach Quint. 1, 5, 8 ein sardinisches Wort), der Schafpelz, die Wildschur, Cic. pro Scaur. 45. Prud. c. Symm. 2, 699. Arnob. 2, 23. – als Schimpfwort, b. Plaut. Poen. 1313 (Götz u. Löwe manstruga).
Latin > English
mastruca mastrucae N F :: sheepskin
