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ψυχῆς ἀγῶνα τὸν προκείμενον πέρι δώσων → to stand the appointed trial for his life, to stand the appointed struggle for life and death

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Latin > English

festuca festucae N F :: straw; stalk (used in manumission); ram for beating down earth, piledriver

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

festūca: ae, f.,
I a stalk, stem, straw.
I Lit.
   A In gen.: qui homo in pratis per fenisecta festucas corradit, Varr. L. L. 5, § 136; Col. 8, 15, 6; Plin. 10, 41, 57, § 116; 18, 27, 67, § 254.—
   B A rod with which slaves were touched in the ceremony of manumission: qui vindicabat festucam tenebat ... et homini imponebat, Gai. Inst. 4, 16; cf.: vindicta, A.: quid? ea ingenuan' an festuca facta e serva libera'st? Plaut. Mil. 4, 1, 15; id. Pers. 5, 175.—
II Transf., a straw-like weed which grows among barley, also called aegilops, Plin. 18, 17, 44, § 155.—
   B A trifle, particle, mote: in oculo fratris, Vulg. Matt. 7, 3; id. Luc. 6, 41.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

(1) festūca,¹⁶ æ, f.,
1 fétu, brin de paille, tige : Varro L. 5, 136 ; Plin. 18, 254
2 baguette, dont le préteur touchait la tête d’un esclave pour l’affranchir : Pl. Mil. 961 ; Pers. 5, 175
3 coquiole [herbe] : Plin. 18, 155.
(2) festūca,¹⁶ æ, c. fistuca : Cato Agr. 28, 2.

Latin > German (Georges)

(1) fēstūca1, ae, f. (vermutlich aus *ferstuca, zu fastigium), I) der Halm, Grashalm, Varro LL. 5, 136. Col. 8, 15, 7, Plin. 10, 116: cum herba creverit in festucam, Plin. 18, 254. – ein halmartiges Unkraut, Plin. 18, 155. – II) übtr., die Rute od. das Stäbchen, womit nach röm. Sitte der assertor libertatis den Sklaven berührte, der für frei erklärt werden sollte, sonst auch vindicta gen., die Freiheitsrute, der Freiheitsstab, ingenuan an festucā facta e serva liberast? Plaut. mil. 961: non in festucā, lictor quam iactat ineptus, Pers. 5, 175.
(2) fēstūca2 (nicht fīstūca), ae, f., ein Werkzeug zum Einrammen, der Schlegel, die Ramme, Plaut. mil. 961. Cato r. r. 28, 2. Caes. b. G. 4, 17, 4 codd. TU. Plin. 17, 87 u. 36, 185 D. Vulg. Matth. 7, 3 sqq.; Luc. 6, 41 u. 42. Augustin. serm. 49, 7. Gloss. II, 71, 45; II, 339, 23 u. ö. – / fīstūca nur Gloss. III, 407, 16.