centipeda
From LSJ
κατὰ τὸν δεύτερον, φασί, πλοῦν τὰ ἐλάχιστα ληπτέον τῶν κακῶν → we must as second best, as people say, take the least of the evils
Latin > English
centipeda centipedae N F :: centipede
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
centĭpĕda: or centŭpĕda, ae, f. centum-pes,
I a centipede, a worm, called also millepeda or multipeda, Plin. 29, 6, 39, § 136; 30, 6, 16, § 47; Arn. 2, p. 79 (in Isid. Orig. 12, 4, 33, centupeda).
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
centĭpĕda, æ, f. (centum, pes), mille-pieds [insecte] : Plin. 29, 136.
Latin > German (Georges)
centipeda, ae, f. (centum u. pes), die Hundertfüßlerin, ein auch milipeda u. multipeda gen. Wurm, der Tausendfuß, die Assel, der Kellerwurm, Plin. 29, 136. Arnob. 2, 52: centupeda geschr. bei Isid. 12, 4, 33. – Nbf. centipedium, σκολόπενδρα, Auct. exc. de idiom. gen. 582, 73.
