scrobis
ἑτέρως ἠδύνατο βέλτιον ἢ ὡς νῦν ἔχει κατεσκευάσθαι → otherwise they could have been constructed better than they are now (Galen, On the use of parts of the body 4.143.1 Kühn)
Latin > English
scrobis scrobis N C :: ditch, trench; dike
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
scrŏbis: (collat. form scrobs, only acc. to Prisc. p. 751 P., and by a false read. in some edd. in Col. 4, 4, 1; 5, 5, 1 sq.; 5, 6, 18; 5, 10, 4), is, m., less freq. f. root skrabh-, v. scribo.
I Lit., a ditch, dike, trench (syn. fossa; class.); masc., Plaut. Fragm. ap. Non. 225; 7; 8; Varr. Fragm. ib. 11; Cic. Fragm. ap. Serv. Verg. G. 2, 288; Col. 4, 1, 5; 5, 5, 2; 5, 5, 4; 5, 6, 18 et saep.— Fem., Gracchus ap. Serv. Verg. G. 2, 288; Ov. M. 7, 243; Luc. 8, 756; Col. 4, 4, 1; 12, 46, 4; Plin. 16, 31, 57, § 131; Tac. A. 15, 67 fin.; Pall. 1, 5, 3.—
II Transf.
1 A grave, Mart. 10, 97, 3; Tac. A. 1, 61 fin.; 15, 67 fin.; Suet. Ner. 49.—
2 Virginalis = pudendum muliebre, Arn. 4, 131.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
scrŏbis,¹¹ is, trou, fosse : m., Cic. Fr. F 1, 16 ; Cæs. G. 7, 73, 5 ; Col. Rust. 4, 1, 5, etc., cf. Non. 225, 7 et 8 ; Serv. Georg. 2, 288 || f., Virg. G. 2, 288 ; Ov. M. 7, 243 ; Tac. Ann. 1, 61 ; 15, 67.
Latin > German (Georges)
scrobis, is, c., die Grube, Bäume hineinzusetzen, Caes., Verg. u. Colum.: Tote hineinzulegen, Tac.: scrobem fodere, Varro fr. – virginalis, das weibliche Glied, Arnob. – / Nom. scrobs nur Prisc. 7, 40 (denn Colum. 4, 4, 1 u. arb. 19, 2 u.a. hat cod. Sang. scrobis).
