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Ἓν οἶδα, ὅτι οὐδὲν οἶδα → I know only one thing, that I know nothing | all I know is that I know nothing.

Diogenes Laertius, Lives of the Philosophers, Book 2 sec. 32.

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

vespa: ae, f. Gr. σφήξ; O. H. Germ. wefsa; Engl. wasp,
I a wasp, Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 19; Plin. 11, 21, 24, § 71; 20, 13, 51, § 133; Phaedr. 3, 13, 3.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

(1) vespa, æ, f., guêpe [insecte] : Varro R. 3, 16, 19 ; Plin. 11, 71.
(2) vespa, æ, m., c. vespillo 1 : P. Fest. 368.

Latin > German (Georges)

vespa, ae, f.(aus *vospa zu ahd. wẹfsa, wafsa, = nhd. Wespe), die Wespe, Varro, Phaedr. u.a.: examen vesparum ingens, Liv.

Latin > English

vespa vespae N F :: wasp