asilus

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

ăsīlus: i, m.,
I a gad-fly, horse-fly, usu. tabanus (cf. Plin. 11, 28, 34, § 100); Gr. οἶστρος (cf. Isid. Orig. 12, 8, 15), Verg. G. 3, 147 (cf. Hom. Od. 22, 300). (Even in Seneca's time the word was antiquated; v. Sen. Ep. 58; cf. Plin. 11, 28, 34, § 100.)>

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

ăsīlus,¹⁵ ī, m., taon : Virg. G. 3, 147 ; Plin. 11, 100.

Latin > German (Georges)

asīlus, ī, m., die Bremse, Viehbremse, gew. tabanus, griech. οιστρος, noch jetzt ital. asillo, Verg. georg. 3, 147 (dazu Philarg. u. Voß). Sen. ep. 58, 2. Plin. 11, 100 u. 32, 10. Tert. de pudic. 10. Serv. Verg. georg. 3, 148.

Latin > English

asilus asili N M :: gadfly; horse-fly