cucurbita
Έγ', ὦ ταλαίπωρ', αὐτὸς ὧν χρείᾳ πάρει. Τὰ πολλὰ γάρ τοι ῥήματ' ἢ τέρψαντά τι, ἢ δυσχεράναντ', ἢ κατοικτίσαντά πως, παρέσχε φωνὴν τοῖς ἀφωνήτοις τινά –> Wretched brother, tell him what you need. A multitude of words can be pleasurable, burdensome, or they can arouse pity somehow — they give a kind of voice to the voiceless.
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
cŭcurbĭta: ae, f.,
I a gourd.
I Prop., Col. 11, 3, 48 sq.; Plin. 19, 5, 24, § 69 sq.; Pall. Mart. 9, 16.—
II Transf., in medic. lang., a cup, cupping-glass (of similar form), Scrib. Comp. 46; 67; Juv. 14, 58: cucurbitae medicinales, Plin. 32, 10, 42, § 123 al.—
III Trop., a blockhead, Petr. 39.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
cŭcurbĭta,¹⁴ æ, f.,
1 gourde [plante] : Col. Rust. 11, 3, 48 ; Plin. 19, 61 || [fig.] cucurbitæ caput Apul. M. 1, 15, tête sans cervelle
2 ventouse : Juv. 14, 58 ; Scrib. Comp. 46.
Latin > German (Georges)
cucurbita, ae, f. (vgl. altindisch carbhaṭaḥ), I) der Kürbis, Sen. contr. 7. praef. § 8. Cels. 2, 18 u. 20. Col. 11, 3, 48. Plin. 19, 61 u. 69 sqq.: cucurbitae primae, sequentes, erste, zweite Sorte K., Edict. Diocl. 26 u. 27: c. medicinalis, Isid. de nat. rer. 33, 1 (= Suet. fr. p. 226, 7 R.): cucurbitā calvior od. glabrior, Apul. met. 5, 9 extr. Fulg. expos. 563, 16 Merc. – Sprichw., cucurbitae caput habere, ein Dummkopf sein, Apul. met. 1, 15. – II) übtr., der Schröpfkopf, Scrib. Larg. 46 u. 67. Iuven. 14, 58: cucurbitae medicinales, Plin. 32, 123.
