occipitium
Κύριε, βοήθησον τὸν δοῦλον σου Νῖλον κτλ. → Lord, help your slave Nilos ... (mosaic inscription from 4th-cent. church in the Negev)
Latin > English
occipitium occipitii N N :: back of the head, occiput
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
occĭpĭtĭum: ii, n. ob-caput,
I the back part of the head, the poll, the occiput: in occipitio quoque habet oculos, pessima, Plaut. Aul. 1, 1, 25: umeris ad occipitium ductis, Quint. 11, 3, 160; Cels. 4, 2; Suet. Tib. 68: ne post occipitium exercitus relinqueret, behind his back, Varr. ap. Non. 245, 15.—Of animals, Plin. 11, 29, 35, § 107.— Prov.: frons occipitio prior est; v. frons; cf.: frontemque domini plus prodesse quam occipitium, Plin. 18, 5, 6, § 31.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
occĭpĭtĭum,¹⁴ ĭī, n., dim. de occiput, l’occiput, le derrière de la tête : Pl. Aul. 64 ; Quint. 11, 3, 160.
Latin > German (Georges)
occipitium, iī, n. (occiput), der Hinterkopf, Plaut. aul. 64. Cels. 4, 2. Scrib. Larg. 46. Quint. 11, 3, 160. Plin. 11, 107 (der Heuschrecken): post occipitium, im Rücken, Varro de vit. P. R. 4. fr. 6 (bei Non. 245, 15). – Plur., Amm. 16, 12, 16 u. 31, 7, 13. – im Sprichw. s. 2: frons no. I, a.
