lens

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

lens: dis, f.,
I a louse's egg, a nit: lendes tolluntur adipe canino, Plin. 29, 6, 35, § 111; Ser. Samm. 5, 72.
lens: tis (nom. lentis, acc. to Prisc. p. 764 P.—
I Acc. lentim, Cato, R. R. 35; 116; Varr. ap. Charis. p. 101 P.: lentem, Col. 2, 10, 15.—Abl. lenti, Titin. ap. Non. 210, 5.— Plur. lentes, Scrib. Comp. 114), f. (masc., Titin. ap. Non. 210, 5), a lentil: lens amat solum tenue, Plin. 18, 12, 31, § 123: Pelusiaca (Egyptian lentils were considered the best), Verg. G. 1, 228; cf. Mart. 13, 9, 1; Gell. 17, 8, 2.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

(1) lēns,¹⁶ dis, m., lente, œuf de pou : Plin. 29, 111 ; Diom. 327, 28