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Καλὸν τὸ γηρᾶν καὶ τὸ μὴ γηρᾶν πάλιν → Res pulchra senium, pulchra non senescere → Schön ist das Altsein, doch nicht alt sein wieder auch

Menander, Monostichoi, 283

Latin > English

luscus lusca, luscum ADJ :: one-eyed

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

luscus: a, um, adj. root luc of lux; with fundamental idea to glimmer; cf. Gr. λυγη, gloom,
I one-eyed: Le. Oculum ego ecfodiam tibi, si verbum addideris. Sc. Hercle qui dicam tamen: nam si sic non licebit, luscus dixero, Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 64; id. Curc. 4, 2, 19: Appius cenabo, inquit, apud te, huic lusco, familiari meo C. Sestio: uni enim locum esse video, Cic. de Or. 2, 60, 246; Mart. 4, 65; Gai Inst. 3, 214: cum Gaetula ducem portaret belua luscum (of Hannibal), Juv. 10, 157: ambos perdidit ille oculos, et luscis invidet, id. 10, 228.—Hence, with one eye shut, i. e. taking aim, said mockingly of a statue: statua meditatur proelia lusca, Juv. 7, 128; half-blind, Mart. 9, 37, 10.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

luscus,¹³ a, um, borgne : Pl. Trin. 465 ; Cic. de Or. 2, 246 ; Mart. 9, 37, 10 || statua lusca Juv. 7, 128, statue borgne [représentant un borgne].

Latin > German (Georges)

luscus, a, um, I) mit verschlossenem Auge, ein Auge zudrückend, blinzelnd, schielend, beim Zielen, statua lusca, Iuven. 7, 128. – II) einäugig, Cic. de or. 2, 246. Sen. ep. 66, 5. Lact. de opif. dei 9, 4. Mart. 2, 33, 3; 4, 65, 2; 8, 9, 2 (Ggstz. caecus) u.a.: dux, v. Hannibal, Iuven. 10, 158: subst., luscī, ōrum, m., die Einäugigen, Iuven. 10, 228. Firm. math. 7, 7. – III) blödsichtig, halbblind, Mart. 9, 37, 10.