mullus
Μεγάλοι δὲ λόγοι μεγάλας πληγὰς τῶν ὑπεραύχων ἀποτίσαντες γήρᾳ τὸ φρονεῖν ἐδίδαξαν → The great words of the arrogant pay the penalty by suffering great blows, and teach one to reason in old age
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
mullus: i, m.,
I a kind of fish highly esteemed, the red mullet, barbel, Varr. R. R. 3, 17; Plin. 9, 17, 30, § 64: mulli barbati in piscinis, Cic. Att. 2, 1, 7; Juv. 5, 92; Sen. Ep. 95, 27 et saep.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
(1) mullus,¹² ī, m., surmulet [poisson] : Plin. 9, 64 ; Cic. Att. 2, 1, 7 ; Sen. Ep. 77, 16.
Latin > German (Georges)
(1) mullus1, ī, m. (μύλλος), a) die Meerbarbe, der Rotbart (Mullus barbatus, L.), ein geschätzter Fisch, Ov. hal. 123. Sen. ep. 77, 16; 95, 26 u. 42; nat. qu. 3, 17, 2 u. 18, 1. Colum. 8, 17, 7. Plin. 9, 64. Petron. 35, 4 u. 93, 2. v. 8. Iuven. 4, 15: m. barbatus, Varro r. r. 3, 17, 7. Cic. ad Att. 2, 1, 7: barbatulus, Cic. parad. 5, 38: bilibris. Mart. 11, 50, 9: trilibris, Hor. sat. 2, 2, 34: saxatilis, Sen. nat. qu. 3, 18, 4. – b) ein anderer Fisch (viell. Sciaena umbra, Cuv.), Apic. 9, 440, dazu Schuch.
(2) mullus2, s. mulleus.
Latin > English
mullus mulli N M :: red mullet (fish)
