hirudo
From LSJ
Χωρὶς γυναικὸς ἀνδρὶ κακὸν οὐ γίγνεται → Non ullum sine muliere fit malum viro → Kein Unglück widerfährt dem Mann, der ledig bleibt
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
hĭrūdo: ĭnis, f. (also called sanguisūga),
I a leech, blood-sucker, Plin. 32, 10, 42, § 122: ego me convortam in hirudinem atque exsugebo sanguinem, Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 4.—Fig., of any thing that exhausts, etc.: aerarii, Cic. Att. 1, 16, 11: non missura cutem, nisi plena cruoris, hirudo, Hor. A. P. 476.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
hĭrūdō,¹⁵ ĭnis, f., sangsue : Plin. 32, 122 || [fig.] ærarii Cic. Att. 1, 16, 11, sangsue du trésor public, cf. Hor. P. 476.
