colubra
Οὐ γὰρ ἀργίας ὤνιον ἡ ὑγίεια καὶ ἀπραξίας, ἅ γε δὴ μέγιστα κακῶν ταῖς νόσοις πρόσεστι, καὶ οὐδὲν διαφέρει τοῦ τὰ ὄμματα τῷ μὴ διαβλέπειν καὶ τὴν φωνὴν τῷ μὴ φθέγγεσθαι φυλάττοντος ὁ τὴν ὑγίειαν ἀχρηστίᾳ καὶ ἡσυχίᾳ σῴζειν οἰόμενος → For health is not to be purchased by idleness and inactivity, which are the greatest evils attendant on sickness, and the man who thinks to conserve his health by uselessness and ease does not differ from him who guards his eyes by not seeing, and his voice by not speaking
Latin > English
colubra colubrae N F :: serpent, snake; (forming hair of mythical monsters); Furies; (head of) Hydra
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
cŏlū̆bra: ae, f. coluber,
I a female serpent; and in gen., a serpent, snake, Lucil., Turp., and Varr. ap. Non. p. 201, 22 sq.; Hor. C. 1, 17, 8; id. S. 1, 8, 42; Ov. M. 6, 559; Juv. 5, 103; Cels. 5, 27, 3; Col. 10, 230; Plin. 32, 5, 19, § 53.—As an attributive of the hair of the Furies, Medusa, etc. (v. coluber), Ov. M. 4, 474; 4, 491; 4, 783; Luc. 9, 634.— Hence, prov.: quas tu edes colubras? i. e. art thou frantic? Plaut. Stich. 2, 1, 50 Ritschl N. cr.; and: colubra restem non parit, i.e. like produces like, the thorn does not produce grapes, Petr. 45, 9.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
cŏlŭbra,¹³ æ, f. (coluber), couleuvre femelle : Hor. S. 1, 8, 42 ; colubra non parit restem Petr. 45, 9 (prov.) tel père, tel fils || [au plur.] serpents qui forment la chevelure des Furies : Ov. M. 4, 474 || cæcæ colubræ Col. Rust. 10, 231, vers intestinaux.
Latin > German (Georges)
colubra, ae, f. (coluber, s. Prisc. 6, 44), das Schlangenweibchen und die (kleinere) Schlange übh., Varr. fr., Hor. u.a.: als Attribut in den Haaren der Furien usw., Ov. u.a. – Sprichw., colubra restem non parit, der Apfel fällt nicht weit vom Stamme, Petr. 45, 9.
Latin > Chinese
colubra, ae. f. :: 長虫。蛇。花帶子。— restem non parit 蛇生蛇不生繩。Caecae colubrae 尿虫。
