mephitis
From LSJ
Οὔτ' ἐν φθιμένοις οὔτ' ἐν ζωοῖσιν ἀριθμουμένη, χωρὶς δή τινα τῶνδ' ἔχουσα μοῖραν → Neither among the dead nor the living do I count myself, having a lot apart from these
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
mĕphītis: is, f.,
I a noxious, pestilential exhalation from the ground, mephitis.
I Lit.: saevamque exhalat opaca mephitim, Verg. A. 7, 84: sulphureae, Pers. 3, 99.—
II Personified: Mĕphītis (Mĕfi-tis), is, f., a goddess who averts pestilential exhalations, Tac. H. 3, 34; Plin. 2, 93, 95, § 208; Inscr. Orell. 1795; cf. Serv. Verg. A. 7, 84: lucus Mephitis, Varr. L. L. 5, 7, § 49 Müll.: aedes, Paul. ex Fest. 351, 3.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
(1) mĕphītis¹⁵ (-fītis), is, f., exhalaison méphitique [sulfureuse] : [venant du sol Virg. En. 7, 84 ; [venant du gosier] Pers. 3, 99.
