urtica
From LSJ
Δεῖ τοὺς μὲν εἶναι δυστυχεῖς, τοὺς δ' εὐτυχεῖς → Aliis necesse est bene sit, aliis sit male → Die einen trifft das Unglück, andere das Glück
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
urtīca: ae, f. uro.
I Lit.
A A nettle, stinging-nettle, Plin. 21, 15, 55, § 92; 22, 13, 15, § 31; Cat. 44, 15; Hor. Ep. 1, 12, 8; Pers. 6, 70 al.—
B Transf., a sea-nettle, a kind of zoophyte, Plin. 9, 45, 68, § 146; also called marina urtica, Plaut. Rud. 2, 1, 9.—
II Trop., lustful desire, pruriency, Juv. 2, 128; 11, 166 (168).
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
urtīca,¹³ æ, f., ortie [plante] : Plin. 21, 92 || ortie de mer, zoophyte : Plin. 9, 146 ; urtica marina Pl. Rud. 298, même sens || [fig.] démangeaison, vif désir : Juv. 2, 128.
