nautilus

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Σέβου τὸ θεῖον μὴ ‘ξετάζων, πῶς ἔχει → Venerare numen: quid sit, noli quaerere → Die Gottheit ehre ohne Prüfung ihres Tuns

Menander, Monostichoi, 474

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

nautĭlus: or nautĭlŏs, i, m., = ναυτίλος>,
I the nautilus, a shell-fish so called because it sails like a vessel, Plin. 9, 29, 47, § 88; cf. nauplius and naviger.