rancidus
πολλὰ μεταξὺ πέλει κύλικος καὶ χείλεος ἄκρου → there is many a slip twixt cup and lip, there's many a slip twixt cup and lip, there's many a slip 'twixt cup and lip, there's many a slip twixt the cup and the lip, there's many a slip 'twixt the cup and the lip
Latin > English
rancidus rancida, rancidum ADJ :: rotten, putrid, nauseating
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
rancĭdus: a, um, adj. ranceo, rancens,
I stinking, rank, rancid.
I Lit.: cadavera, Lucr. 6, 1155: aper, Hor. S. 2, 2, 89.—
II Trop., disgusting, loathsome, offensive: aspectus, Plin. 22, 22, 46, § 92.—Comp.: quid rancidius, quam, etc., Juv. 6, 185. — Sup. does not occur.— Adv.: rancĭdē, nauseously, disgustingly: ficta verba, Gell. 18, 11, 2; 18, 8, 1.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
rancĭdus,¹⁴ a, um (ranceo),
1 rance, qui sent, avancé : Hor. S. 2, 2, 89 || putréfié, infect, fétide : Lucr. 6, 1155
2 [fig.] désagréable, déplaisant, insupportable : Plin. 22, 92 || -dior Juv. 6, 185.
Latin > German (Georges)
rancidus, a, um (ranceo), ranzig, stinkend, I) eig.: cadavera, Lucr.: aper, Hor. – II) übtr., ekelhaft, widrig, aspectus, Plin.: senex, Apul.: rancidae edentularum cantilenae, Prud.: quid rancidius, Iuven. 6, 185.
