favus
Latin > English
favus favi N M :: honeycomb
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
făvus: i, m.,
I a honeycomb.
I Prop.: favus est, quem fingunt (apes) multicavatum e cera, cum singula cava sena latera habeant, Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 24; Cic. Off. 1, 44, 157; Col. 11, 2, 57; Verg. G. 1, 344; 4, 161; Ov. M. 8, 678; id. F. 4, 152: mellis, Vulg. 1 Reg. 14, 27 et saep.—Prov.: Crescere tamquam favum, i. e. imperceptibly, Petr. 43 and 76.—
II Transf., a hexagonal stone in a pavement, Vitr. 7, 1.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
făvus,¹¹ ī, m.,
1 gâteau de miel, rayon : Varro R. 3, 16, 24 ; Cic. Off. 1, 157 ; [prov.] crescere tanquam favum Petr. 43, 1, pousser comme un champignon
2 hexagone [pour parquets] : Vitr. Arch. 7, 1.
Latin > German (Georges)
favus, ī, m., die Wachsscheibe, Wabe im Bienenstocke, insbes. die mit Honig angefüllte, die Honigscheibe, Honigwabe, der Honigkuchen, I) eig.: candidus in medio favus est, Ov.: favi mellis, Ambros.: fingere favos, Cic.: melle complere favos, Tibull.: favos eximere, Varro, od. demetere, Col., die Waben ausbrechen = den Honig ausnehmen: poet., favos dilue Baccho, Honig, Verg. – sprichw., crescere tamquam favum, wie eine Wabe (= zusehends) sich vergrößern od. zunehmen, Petron. 43, 1 u. 76, 8. – II) übtr., favi, sechseckige Steinplatten, Sechsecke im Pflaster, Vitr. 7, 1, 4.
Latin > Chinese
Translations
honeycomb
Albanian: huall, krodhë, qengjë, azhdë; Arabic: قَرْص اَلْعَسَل; Armenian: մեղրախորիսխ; Azerbaijani: şan; Bashkir: күҙәнәк; Basque: aberaska; Belarusian: соты; Bulgarian: пчелна пита, пита; Catalan: bresca; Chinese Cantonese: 蜂巢; Mandarin: 蜂窩, 蜂窝, 蜂巢; Czech: plástev; Dutch: raat, honingraat, bijenraat; Erzya: керяз; Esperanto: mielĉelaro, mielcxelaro, mielchelaro; Estonian: meekärg, kärg; Finnish: hunajakenno, kenno; French: rayon de miel, rayon de ruche, alvéole d'abeille, alvéole; Galician: antena, entena, favo, panal, trevo, zarapata; Georgian: ფუტკრის ფიჭა; German: Wabe, Bienenwabe, Honigwabe; Greek: κηρήθρα, κερήθρα; Ancient Greek: γλήνα, γλήνη, κηρίδιον, κηρίον, κηρός, μελικηρίδιον, μελικήριον, μελικηρίς, μελίκηρον, μελίσσια, μελίσσιον, μελίττια, μελίττιον, σχαδόνες, τενθρήνιον; Hindi: छत्ता, मधु कोष; Hungarian: lép; Icelandic: vaxkaka; Ido: vabo; Irish: cíor mheala; Italian: favo, cella, nido d'api, nido; Japanese: 蜂の巣, 蜂巣, ハニカム; Kazakh: ара ұясы; Korean: 벌집, 벌방; Kurdish Northern Kurdish: şan, şane; Kyrgyz: аары уясы; Latin: favus; Latvian: kāre, šūna; Lithuanian: korys; Luxembourgish: Ros, Wab; Macedonian: саќе; Maori: honikoma; Mongolian: зөгийн сархинаг; Navajo: tsísʼná bitsiiʼáál; Persian: شان, شان عسل; Plautdietsch: Honnichkorf; Polish: plaster miodu, plaster; Portuguese: favo; Romanian: fagure; Russian: соты; Scottish Gaelic: cìr-mheala; Serbo-Croatian Cyrillic: саће, сат; Roman: saće, sat; Slovak: plást; Slovene: sat, satovje; Spanish: panal; Swedish: vaxkaka, bikaka; Tagalog: anila; Tajik: шонаи асал; Thai: รังผึ้ง; Tibetan: སྦྲང་ཚང; Turkish: petek, dalak; Ukrainian: сті́льник; Urdu: چھتا, مدھو کوش; Uzbek: mumkatak, asalari uyasi; Vietnamese: tảng ong; Volapük: mielaziöbem, mielazioybem, mielaväk; Walloon: raive, tortea d' låme, raiye di låme; Welsh: crwybr
