nepa
τί δ' ἢν ῥαφανιδωθῇ πιθόμενός σοι τέφρᾳ τε τιλθῇ, ἕξει τινὰ γνώμην λέγειν τὸ μὴ εὐρύπρωκτος εἶναι; → What if he should have a radish shoved up his ass because he trusted you and then have hot ashes rip off his hair? What argument will he be able to offer to prevent himself from having a gaping-anus | but suppose he trusts in your advice and gets a radish rammed right up his arse, and his pubic hairs are burned with red-hot cinders. Will he have some reasoned argument to demonstrate he's not a loose-arsed bugger
Latin > English
nepa nepae N F :: scorpion; a crab
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
nĕpa: ae, f. acc. to Paul. ex Fest. p. 164 and 165 Müll., an African word: Afrorum linguā est animal venenatum, caudā feriens, alio nomine scorpius, etc., Fest. l. l..
I A scorpion, Cic. Fin. 5, 15, 42 Madv. ad loc.—
B Nepa, a constellation, the Scorpion: Capra aut Nepa, Enn. ap. Cic. Rep. 1, 18, 30 (Trag. v. 276 Vahl.): pectus Nepai, Cic. poët. N. D. 2, 42, 109; Col. 10, 56.—Collat. form, nĕpas, ae, m., Col. 11, 2, 39.—
II Transf., a cŕab: recessim cedam ad parietem imitabor nepam, Plaut. Cas. 2, 8, 7; Ser. Samm. 13, 199.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
nĕpa,¹⁶ æ, m., scorpion [insecte] : Col. Rust. 11, 2, 39 ; Cic. Fin. 5, 42 ; P. Fest. 164 || le Scorpion [signe céleste] : [poet.] Cic. Nat. 2, 109 || écrevisse : Pl. Cas. 443.
Latin > German (Georges)
nepa, ae, f. (nach Festus ein afrikanisches Wort), I) der Skorpion, als Tier, Cic. de fin. 5, 42: u. als Gestirn, Cic. Arat. u.a. – II) der Krebs, als Tier, Plaut. u. Ser. Samm.: u. als Gestirn, Cic. Arat.
