κανθαρίς
διὸ δὴ πᾶς ἀνὴρ σπουδαῖος τῶν ὄντων σπουδαίων πέρι πολλοῦ δεῖ μὴ γράψας ποτὲ ἐν ἀνθρώποις εἰς φθόνον καὶ ἀπορίαν καταβαλεῖ → And this is the reason why every serious man in dealing with really serious subjects carefully avoids writing, lest thereby he may possibly cast them as a prey to the envy and stupidity of the public | Therefore every man of worth, when dealing with matters of worth, will be far from exposing them to ill feeling and misunderstanding among men by committing them to writing
English (LSJ)
ίδος, ἡ, a kind of
A beetle, prob. blister-beetle, Cantharis vesicatoria, Arist.HA531b25, 542a9; used in medicine, Hp.Nat.Mul.32, Plu.2.22a: pl., POxy.1088.14 (i A.D.); beetle hurtful to corn, Pl.Com.37, Thphr.HP8.10.1, Nic.Al.115; also to fruits, etc., Arist.HA552b1; so prob. in Gal.12.363. II a kind of fish, Numen. ap. Ath.7.326f.
German (Pape)
[Seite 1320] ίδος, ἡ, ein Käfer, – a) die spanische Fliege, Hippocr. u. sp. Medic. – b) ein dem Korne schädlicher Käfer, Plat. com. beim Schol. Ar. Pax 72, σιτηβόρος Nic. Al. 115; vgl. Arist. H. A. 4, 7. – c) ein Fisch, Ath. VII, 326 f.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
κανθαρίς: -ίδος, ἡ, ὄνομα πολλῶν ἐντόμων, ἰδίως. 1) ἡ κανθαρὶς τοῦ ἐκδορίου, Cantharis vescatori. Ἀριστ. π. τὰ Ζ. Ἱστ. 5. 8, 3, κτλ. 2) κάνθαρός τις ἐπιβλαβὴς εἰς τὰ σιτηρά, κανθαρίδος σιτηβόρου Νικ. Ἀλεξιφ. 115· εἶδος μεγάλου κανθάρου παρὰ τὴν Αἴτνην, Πλάτ. κωμ. ἐν «Ἑορταῖς» 2· ἁπλῶς κάνθαρος, Ἀριστ. π. τὰ Ζ. Ἱστ. 4. 7, 1· ὡσαύτως εἰς καρπούς, κτλ., Ἀριστ. π. τὰ Ζ. Ἱστ. 5. 19, 22. ΙΙ. εἶδος ἰχθύος, Νουμήν. παρ’ Ἀθην. 326F.
Russian (Dvoretsky)
κανθᾰρίς: ίδος ἡ жук (предполож. навозный жук, по друг. - шпанская муха) Arst., Plut.
