papilio
Latin > English
papilio papilionis N M :: butterfly, moth
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
pāpĭlĭo: ōnis, m. cf. πάλλω, brandish; palpitare, pila,
I a butterfly, moth.
I Lit.: ferali mutant cum papilione figuram, Ov. M. 15, 374; cf. Plin. 11, 19, 21, § 65; 21, 14, 47, § 81; 28, 10, 45, § 162.—Also of other winged insects, Plin. 11, 32, 37, § 112; 11, 23, 27, § 77.—
II Transf., a tent, pavilion: in expeditionibus apertis papilionibus prandit atque coenavit, Lampr. Alex. Sev. 51; Spart. Pescen. 11; Treb. Poll. Trig. Tyr. 16; Tert. ad Mart. 3; Vulg. Exod. 33, 8; id. Num. 16, 27; id. 2 Reg. 11, 11. The Fratres Arvales also made use of such tents when making their offerings in the grove of Dia, Inscr. Marin. Fratr. Arv. n. 41.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
pāpĭlĭō, ōnis, m.,
1 papillon : Ov. M. 15, 374 ; Plin. 11, 65 ; 21, 81, etc.
2 pavillon, tente : Lampr. Al. Sev. 51 ; Tert. Mart. 3.
Latin > German (Georges)
pāpilio, ōnis, m., I) der Schmetterling, Falter, Sommervogel, Colum. 9, 14. § 2. 8 u. 9. Plin. 11, 65 u. 100. Ov. met. 15, 374. Mart. 12, 61, 6: minimus pap., Mart. 8, 33, 8. – II) das Zelt, Lustzelt (wov. das französ. pavillon), Spart. Pesc. 11, 1. Lampr. Alex. Sev. 51, 5. Tert. ad martyr. 3. Vgl. Heräus in Wölfflins Archiv 12, 259.
