blatta
μελετᾶν οὖν χρὴ τὰ ποιοῦντα τὴν εὐδαιμονίαν, εἴπερ παρούσης μὲν αὐτῆς πάντα ἔχομεν, ἀπούσης δὲ πάντα πράττομεν εἰς τὸ ταύτην ἔχειν → one must practice the things which produce happiness, since if that is present we have everything and if it is absent we do everything in order to have it | so we must exercise ourselves in the things which bring happiness, since, if that be present, we have everything, and, if that be absent, all our actions are directed toward attaining it
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
blatta: ae, f.,
I an insect that shuns the light; of several kinds, the cockroach, chafer, moth, etc., Plin. 29, 6, 39, § 139; 11, 28, 34, § 99: lucifuga, Verg. G. 4, 243 (per noctem vagans, Serv.); cf. Col. 9, 7, 5; Pall. 1, 37, 4; Hor. S. 2, 3, 119; Mart. 14, 37; cf. Voss, Verg. l. l.—On account of its mean appearance: amore cecidi tamquam blatta in pelvim, Laber. ap. Non. p. 543, 27.
blatta: ae, f.: blatta θρόμβος αἵματος,
I a clot of blood, Gloss.—Hence,
II (Access. form blattea, Ven. Carm. 2, 3, 19.) Purple (similar in color to flowing blood; cf. Salmas. Vop. Aur. 46, and Plin. 9, 38, 62, § 135; late Lat.): purpura, quae blatta, vel oxyblatta, vel hyacinthina dicitur, Cod. Th. 4, 40, 1: serica, ib. 10, 20, 18: blattam Tyrus defert, Sid. Carm. 5, 48; Lampr. Elag. 33; Cassiod. Var. Ep. 1, 2.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
blatta,¹⁵ æ, f.,
1 blatte [insecte qui ronge les étoffes et les livres] : Virg. G. 4, 243 ; Hor. S. 2, 3, 119
2 pourpre [foncée, différente du coccum : Lampr. Hel. 33, 3 ; Gloss. ; les anciens croyaient que cette pourpre provenait des blattes] : Isid. Orig. 12, 8, 7 ; Sid. Ep. 9, 13, 5 ; Carm. 11, 84.
Latin > German (Georges)
(1) blatta1, ae, f. (vgl. lettisch blakts ›Käfer‹), ein lichtscheues, an Kleidern, Büchern usw. nagendes Insekt von verschiedenen Arten, Schabe, Motte, Laber. fr., Verg., Hor., Plin. u.a.
(2) blatta2, ae, f., der geronnene Saft der Purpurschnecke, der Purpur, bes. die erste Sorte, der schwarze Purpur, Spart. Heliog. 33, 3 u.a. Spät. Vgl. Mommsen Edict. Diocl. p. 93. – Nbf. blattea, ae, f., Ven. Fort. carm. 2, 3, 19.
(3) blatta3, ae, f. = glis, Marc. Emp. 10.
Latin > English
blatta blattae N F :: blood clot
blatta blatta blattae N F :: cockroach, moth, book-worm; (applied to various insects)
