sanguisuga
Ἐς δὲ τὰ ἔσχατα νουσήματα αἱ ἔσχαται θεραπεῖαι ἐς ἀκριβείην, κράτισται → For extreme diseases, extreme methods of cure, as to restriction, are most suitable.
Latin > English
sanguisuga sanguisugae N F :: leech; horseleech (Douay)
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
sanguĭsūga: ae, f. sanguis-sugo,
I a blood-sucker, leech (called also hirudo), Cels. 5, 27, 16; Plin. 8, 10, 10, § 29; 32, 10, 42, § 123; Vulg. Prov. 30, 15.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
sanguĭsūga, æ, f. (sanguis, sugo), sangsue : Plin. 8, 29 ; Cels. Med. 5, 27, 16 || -sūgĭa Acr. Hor. P. 476.
Latin > German (Georges)
sanguisūga, ae, f. (sanguis u. sugo), der Blutegel, Cels. 5, 27, 16. Colum. 6, 18, 2. Plin. 29, 62 u. 92. Cael. Aur. de morb. acut. 3, 3, 21. Marc. Emp. 16 extr.: übtr., Vulg. prov. 30, 15. – / sanguisuga ist Ausdr. des gemeinen Lebens für das später außer Gebrauch gekommene hirudo, s. Plin. 8, 29. Porphyr. Hor. de art. poët. 476. Gloss. II, 78, 28. Vgl. Archiv f. lat. Lexikogr. 1, 323. – Nbf. sanguisugia, Acro Hor. de art. poët. 476.
