lichen
Latin > English
lichen lichenis N M :: lichen (vegetation growing on trees); skin eruption
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
līchēn: ēnis, m., = λειχήν,
I a cryptogamic species of vegetation growing on trees, lichen.
I Lit., Plin. 26, 4, 10, § 21.—
II Transf., an eruption on the skin of men and beasts, a tetter, ringworm: in fricando lichene, Plin. 23, 7, 63, § 118: sordidi lichenes, Mart. 11, 98, 5.—Of beasts, Plin. 30, 10, 27, § 88.—
B Esp., a callous excrescence upon the leg of a horse, used as a medicine: lichene equi cum oleo infuso per aurem, Plin. 28, 11, 49, § 180; 28, 17, 67, § 230 saep.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
līchēn, ēnis, m. (λειχήν), lichen,
1 plante : Plin. 26, 21
2 maladie de la peau (c. impetigo) : Plin. 23, 118 ; 30, 88 ; Mart. 11, 98, 5
3 excroissance charnue qui pousse sur les jambes des chevaux : Plin. 28, 180 ; 28, 230.
Latin > German (Georges)
līchēn, ēnis, Akk. Plur. ēnas, m. (λειχήν), I) die Flechte, ein kryptogamisches Gewächs an Bäumen, Plin. 26. § 21. – II) übtr., die Flechte, Schwinde auf der tierischen Haut, rein lat. mentagra, bei Menschen, Plin. u. Mart.: bei Tieren, Plin. – / Nbf. līchēna, ae, f., Plin. Val. 2, 56.