castor
ὃν οὐ τύπτει λόγος οὐδὲ ῥάβδος → if words don't get through, neither a beating will | if the carrot doesn't work, the stick will not work either | whom words do not strike, neither does the rod
Latin > English
castor castoris N M :: beaver (Castor fiber)
castor, castor castoros/is N M :: beaver (Castor fiber)
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
castor: ŏris, m., = κάστωρ,
I the castor, beaver; pure Lat. fiber: Castor fiber, Linn.; Plin. 32, 3, 13, § 26; cf. id. 8, 30, 47, § 109; Cic. ap. Isid. Orig. 12, 2, 21; Ov. Nux. 166; acc. castorem, App. M. 1, p. 106, 10: castora, Juv. 12, 34.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
(1) castor,¹⁶ ŏris, m. (κάστωρ), castor : Plin. 32, 26 ; Juv. 12, 34.
Latin > German (Georges)
(1) castor1, oris, m. (κάστωρ), der Biber, rein lat. fiber, Cic. fr., Plin. u.a.: fera castor, der B., das wilde Tier, Apul. met. 1, 9: griech. Akk. Sing. castora, Iuven. 12, 34: griech. Akk. Plur. castoras, Plin. 32, 26.
