elephantiasis
ὥσπερ λίθοι τε καὶ πλίνθοι καὶ ξύλα καὶ κέραμος, ἀτάκτως μὲν ἐρριμμένα οὐδὲν χρήσιμά ἐστιν → just as stones and bricks, woodwork and tiles, tumbled together in a heap are of no use at all (Xenophon, Memorabilia 3.1.7)
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
ĕlĕphantĭăsis: (-tĭōsis, Veg. A. V. 4, 3, 4; August. de Gen. ad Lit. 9, 10), is, f., = ἐλεφαντίασις,
I a very virulent kind of leprosy, elephantiasis, Plin. 26, 1, 5, § 7 sq.; 20, 10, 42, § 109; 20, 14, 52, § 144; Veg. A. V. 1, 9; 1, 16; 4, 3, 4 (in Cels. 3, 25, written as Greek). Also called ĕlĕphas, q. v., and ĕlĕphantĭa, ae, Scrib. Comp. 250; and ĕlĕphantĭcus morbus, Isid. Orig. 4, 8, 12. One who labors under it is called ĕlĕphantĭăcus, Firm. Math. 8, 19 fin.; Hier. in Ezech. 6, 18, 6; and ĕlĕphantĭ-cus, id. ib. 8, 28; and ĕlĕphantĭōsus, August. de Gen. ad Lit. 9, 10; App. Herb. 84, 3.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
ĕlĕphantĭăsis, is, f. (ἐλεφαντίασις), éléphantiasis, sorte de lèpre : Plin. 26, 7, etc.
Latin > German (Georges)
elephantiasis, is, Akk. im, f. (ελεφαντίασις), eine Art Aussatz, bei dem die Haut fleckig und hart wird wie Elefantenhaut, die Elefantiasis, Plin. 20, 144 u.a. – Nebenf. elephantiōsis, Veget. mul. 4, 3, 4.
