sanguisuga

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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

sanguĭsūga: ae, f. sanguis-sugo,
I a blood-sucker, leech (called also hirudo), Cels. 5, 27, 16; Plin. 8, 10, 10, § 29; 32, 10, 42, § 123; Vulg. Prov. 30, 15.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

sanguĭsūga, æ, f. (sanguis, sugo), sangsue : Plin. 8, 29 ; Cels. Med. 5, 27, 16 || -sūgĭa Acr. Hor. P. 476.

Latin > German (Georges)

sanguisūga, ae, f. (sanguis u. sugo), der Blutegel, Cels. 5, 27, 16. Colum. 6, 18, 2. Plin. 29, 62 u. 92. Cael. Aur. de morb. acut. 3, 3, 21. Marc. Emp. 16 extr.: übtr., Vulg. prov. 30, 15. – / sanguisuga ist Ausdr. des gemeinen Lebens für das später außer Gebrauch gekommene hirudo, s. Plin. 8, 29. Porphyr. Hor. de art. poët. 476. Gloss. II, 78, 28. Vgl. Archiv f. lat. Lexikogr. 1, 323. – Nbf. sanguisugia, Acro Hor. de art. poët. 476.