caprimulgus

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Λιμὸς μέγιστον ἄλγος ἀνθρώποις ἔφυ → Inter dolores maximum humanos fames → Der Hunger ist den Menschen allergrößter Schmerz

Menander, Monostichoi, 320

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

căprĭmulgus: i, m. caper-mulgeo. *
I A milker of goats, poet. for countryman, Cat. 22, 10.—
II A bird supposed to suck the udders of goats, the goat-sucker, Plin. 10, 40, 56, § 115.