cartilago
κρέσσων γὰρ οἰκτιρμοῦ φθόνος → it is better to be envied than pitied | to be envied is a nobler fate than to be pitied (Pindar, Pythian 1.85)
Latin > English
cartilago cartilaginis N F :: cartilage, gristle; substance harder than pulp but softer than woody fiber
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
cartĭlāgo: ĭnis, f. Sanscr. kart, to spin; cf. κάρταλος, cratis,
I cartilage, gristle; in animals, Cels. 8, 1; Plin. 11, 37, 87, § 216; 9, 24, 40, § 78; 11, 4, 3, § 9.—
II Transf., in plants, a substance harder than pulp but softer than woody fibre, Plin. 15, 28, 34, § 116; 16, 36, 64, § 158.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
cartĭlāgō, ĭnis, f.,
1 cartilage : Cels. Med. 8, 1
2 pulpe, chair des fruits : Plin. 15, 116.
Latin > German (Georges)
cartilāgo, inis, f. (vgl. κάρταλος u. cratis), der Knorpel am tierischen Körper, Cels. u.a.: übtr., an Pflanzenkörpern, Plin.
