hirudo
μή, φίλα ψυχά, βίον ἀθάνατον σπεῦδε, τὰν δ' ἔμπρακτον ἄντλει μαχανάν → Oh! my soul do not aspire to eternal life, but exhaust the limits of the possible. | Do not yearn, O my soul, for immortal life! Use to the utmost the skill that is yours. | Do not, my soul, strive for the life of the immortals, but exhaust the practical means at your disposal.
Latin > English
hirudo hirudinis N F :: leech
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.
Latin > German (Georges)
hirūdo, dinis, f., der Blutegel (im gemeinen Leben sanguisuga, w. vgl.), Plin. 8, 29. Col. 6, 18, 1. Plaut. Epid. 187. Gargil. de cur. boum 14 (wo irudo): im Bilde, Hor. de art. poët. 476: übtr., hir. aerarii, Cic. ad Att. 1, 16, 11.
