lagena
πεσούσης νυκτός, πάσα γυνὴ Λαΐς εστί → at nightfall, every woman is a Laïs | all cats are gray at night | all cats are gray by night | all cats are gray in the dark | all cats are grey at night | all cats are grey by night | all cats are grey in the dark | all women look the same with the lights off | when lights are out all women look the same
Latin > English
lagena lagenae N F :: flask/flagon; bottle w/narrow neck; big earthen jar w/handles; pitcher (Douay)
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
lăgēna: (also lăgaena, lăgoena, and lăgōna), ae, f., = λάγηνος,
I a large earthen vessel with a neck and handles, a flask, flagon, bottle: quasi tu lagenam dicas, ubi vinum solet Chium esse, Plaut. Curc. 1, 1, 78; Cic. Fam. 16, 26, 2; Quint. 6, 3, 10; Hor. S. 2, 8, 41; 81; id. Ep. 2, 2, 134; Juv. 12, 60; 14, 271 et saep.—Also made of other materials, Plin. 16, 31, 56, § 128: Syra nigri defruti, of glass, Mart. 4, 46, 9.
Latin > German (Georges)
lagēna, schlechte Schreibweise st. lagoena, w. s.
