proboscis
From LSJ
Μὴ πάντα πειρῶ πᾶσι πιστεύειν ἀεί → Credenda cunctis esse cuncta ne putes → Glaub ja nicht allen alles immerdar
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
prŏboscis: (-moscis, Sol. 24, 14; -muscis, Cassiod. Var. 10, 30), ĭdis, f., = προβοσκίς>,
I a trunk, proboscis, a snout.
I In gen., Varr. ap. Non. 49, 11; Auct. B. Afr. 84, 2.—
II In partic., the trunk or proboscis of an elephant: proboscidem amputare, Plin. 8, 7, 7, § 18; 28, 8, 24, § 88: proboscide abscissā, Flor. 1, 18, 9.
