ficedula

From LSJ

κεντέω τὸν πῶλον περὶ τὴν νύσσαν → of impetuous haste, goad the foal around the turning post

Source

Latin > English

ficedula ficedulae N F :: small bird, fig-pecker, a treat in autumn when it feeds on figs/grapes

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

fīcē̆dŭla: (also written ficetula and ficecula; cf. Lachm. ad Lucr. p. 205), ae, f. id.,
I a small bird, the fig-pecker, becafico, Motacilla ficedula, Linn.; Varr. L. L. 5, § 76 Müll.; id. ap. Non. 48, 20; Lucil. ib. p. 274, 11; Plin. 10, 29, 44, § 86; Mart. 13, 49 in lemm.; 13, 5; Juv. 14, 9; Petr. 33; Gell. 15, 18, 2.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

fīcēdŭla,¹⁴ æ, f. (ficus, edo), bec-figue [oiseau] : Varro L. 5, 76.

Latin > German (Georges)

fīcēdula (fīcētula), ae, f. (ficus), der Feigenfresser, die Feigendrossel, Gartengrasmücke (Sylvia Ficedula, L.), Varro LL. 5, 76. Cels. 2, 18. p. 65, 14 D. Plin. 10, 86. Petron. 33, 8. Gell. 15, 8, 2. Mart. 13, 5, 1. Cael. Aur. de morb. chron. 1, 1. § 22 u. 27 (wo ficedulae, sive quas miliacas vocant): f. pinguis, Varro sat. Men. 529. – Synk. Form fīcēlla, *Lucil. sat. 29, 87 M. (Marx 978 ficedula). *Iuven. 14, 9 (nach Lachm. Lucr. p. 204). – / Über die Schreibung ficetula s. Schuch Apic. 4, 125. Lachm. Lucr. 3, 1014. p. 204 sq.

Latin > Chinese

ficedula, ae. f. :: 食無花果鳥名