villus
From LSJ
κρεῖττον τὸ μὴ ζῆν ἐστιν ἢ ζῆν ἀθλίως → death is better than a life of misery, it is better not to live at all than to live in misery
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
villus: i, m. Sanscr. urā, sheep; Gr. εἶρος, wool; cf. vellus,
I shaggy hair, a tuft of hair; of beasts, Cic. N. D. 2, 47, 121; id. ib. 2, 63, 158; Verg. G. 3, 446; id. A. 5, 352; Ov. H. 6, 49; Mart. 14, 136, 2; Sid. Ep. 5, 17 med. al.—Of cotton, Plin. 11, 23, 27, § 77: tonsis mantelia villis, the nap of cloth, Verg. G. 4, 377; id. A. 1, 702.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
villus,¹³ ī, m., poil des anim.] : Cic. Nat. 2, 121 ; 158 ; Virg. G. 3, 446 || [d’une étoffe] Virg. G. 4, 377 || mousse des arbres : Plin. 12, 108.
