fullo
Ἔοικα γοῦν τούτου γε σμικρῷ τινι αὐτῷ τούτῳ σοφώτερος εἶναι, ὅτι ἃ μὴ οἶδα οὐδὲ οἴομαι εἰδέναι → I seem, then, in just this little thing to be wiser than this man at any rate, that what I do not know I do not think I know either
Latin > English
fullo fullonis N M :: cloth-fuller
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
fullo: ōnis, m.
I A fuller, cloth-fuller, Plaut. Aul. 3, 5, 34; Plin. 28, 6, 18, § 66; Mart. 6, 93, 1; Dig. 12, 7, 2; Gai. Inst. 3, 143; 162 al.—In mal. part.: comprimere fullonem, Nov. ap. Prisc. p. 879 P. (Com. Rel. v. 95 Rib.); hence: pugil Cleomachus intra cutem caesus et ultra, inter fullones Novianos coronandus, Tert. Pall. 4.—
B The title of a comic poem written by Laberius, Gell. 16, 7, 3.—
C A Roman surname, Liv. 33, 24.—
II A beetle with white spots, Plin. 30, 11, 30, § 100.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
fullō,¹⁴ ōnis, m., foulon, qui presse les étoffes, dégraisseur : Pl. Aul. 508 ; Plin. 28, 66 || sorte de scarabée : Plin. 30, 100 || titre d’un poème comique de Labérius : Gell. 16, 7, 3.
Latin > German (Georges)
fullo, ōnis, m. (v. φαλός, glänzend), I) der die Kleider walkt, reinigt und mit Kreide weiß macht, der Walker, Tuchbereiter, Plaut. aul. 508. Titin. com. 26 u. 27. Pompon. com. 27. Varro sat. Men. 539. Varro LL. 6, 43. Sen. nat. qu. 1, 3, 2: mola fullonis, Pompon. com. 13: officina fullonis od. fullonum, Plin. 35, 143 u. 175: taberna fullonis, Hieron. c. Rufin. 3, 36 extr.: villa fullonis, Ambros. in Lucam 7. § 14. – obszön, Nov. com. 95. Tert. de pall. 4. – Titel einer Komödie des Laberius, Gell. 16, 7, 3. – II) übtr., der große od. weißgefleckte Monatskäfer, Plin. 30, 100.
