nitedula

Latin > English

nitedula nitedulae N F :: dormouse

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

nītēdŭla: ae, f.,
I a kind of small red mouse, a dormouse, Cic. Sest. 33, 72: cf.: nitedula mus agrestis rubeus, Serv. ad Verg. G. 1, 181; Arn. 2, 47 (Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 29, the common read. is volpecula, but Bentley's conjecture, nitedula, is adopted by Lachm. ad Lucr. p. 204, and by Haupt and Müll.; v. Orell. ad loc.).—The contr. collat. form nītēla, v. under nitella.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

nītēdŭla,¹⁶ æ, f., petite souris, petit mulot : Cic. Sest. 72 ; Arn. 2, 47 ; Serv. Georg. 1, 181.

Latin > German (Georges)

nītēdula, ae, f. (nitor, ich klettere), ein Tier aus dem Mäusegeschlecht, die Haselmaus, Cic. Sest. 72. Arnob. 2, 47 (Hor. ep. 1, 7, 29 bloß Konjektur Bentleys, von Lachmann [Lucr. p. 204] wieder in Schutz genommen). – Andere Form nītella, Mart. 8, 37, 8. Plin. 8, 224 (vgl. über die Schreibweise nitella Lachm. Lucr. p. 204).