mastruca
ἀναγκαιότεραι μὲν οὖν πᾶσαι ταύτης, ἀμείνων δ᾽ οὐδεμία → accordingly, although all other sciences are more necessary than this, none is more excellent (Aristotle, Metaphysics A 983a10)
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
mastrūca: (mastrūga), ae, f. Sardinian;
v. infra,
I a garment made of skins, a sheepskin, a skin: mastrucam, quod Sardum est, inridens Cicero ex industria dixit, Quint. 1, 5, 8: mastruca vestis Sardonica ex pelliculis ferarum, de qua Cicero pro Scauro: Quem purpura regalis non commovit, eum Sardorum mastruca mutavit? Isid. Orig. 19, 23, 5 (Orell. Cic. Fragm. Scaur. § 45, d, p. 268); so Prud. Symm. 2, 695.— As a term of abuse, a sheepskin, a ninny, Plaut. Poen. 5, 5, 34.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
mastrūca,¹⁶ ou -ga, æ, f., vêtement de peau des Sardes et des Germains : Pl. Pœn. 1171 ; Cic. Scauro 45 ; Quint. 1, 5, 8.
