sanguisuga
μηδὲν κοτυλίζειν, ἀλλὰ καταπάττειν χύδην → not to sell by the cupful, but to dole out indiscriminately | not to sell by retail but wholesale
Latin > English
sanguisuga sanguisugae N F :: leech; horseleech (Douay)
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
sanguĭsūga: ae, f. sanguis-sugo,
I a blood-sucker, leech (called also hirudo), Cels. 5, 27, 16; Plin. 8, 10, 10, § 29; 32, 10, 42, § 123; Vulg. Prov. 30, 15.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
sanguĭsūga, æ, f. (sanguis, sugo), sangsue : Plin. 8, 29 ; Cels. Med. 5, 27, 16 || -sūgĭa Acr. Hor. P. 476.
Latin > German (Georges)
sanguisūga, ae, f. (sanguis u. sugo), der Blutegel, Cels. 5, 27, 16. Colum. 6, 18, 2. Plin. 29, 62 u. 92. Cael. Aur. de morb. acut. 3, 3, 21. Marc. Emp. 16 extr.: übtr., Vulg. prov. 30, 15. – / sanguisuga ist Ausdr. des gemeinen Lebens für das später außer Gebrauch gekommene hirudo, s. Plin. 8, 29. Porphyr. Hor. de art. poët. 476. Gloss. II, 78, 28. Vgl. Archiv f. lat. Lexikogr. 1, 323. – Nbf. sanguisugia, Acro Hor. de art. poët. 476.
