festuca
μηδὲν κοτυλίζειν, ἀλλὰ καταπάττειν χύδην → not to sell by the cupful, but to dole out indiscriminately | not to sell by retail but wholesale
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
festūca: ae, f.,
I a stalk, stem, straw.
I Lit.
A In gen.: qui homo in pratis per fenisecta festucas corradit, Varr. L. L. 5, § 136; Col. 8, 15, 6; Plin. 10, 41, 57, § 116; 18, 27, 67, § 254.—
B A rod with which slaves were touched in the ceremony of manumission: qui vindicabat festucam tenebat ... et homini imponebat, Gai. Inst. 4, 16; cf.: vindicta, A.: quid? ea ingenuan' an festuca facta e serva libera'st? Plaut. Mil. 4, 1, 15; id. Pers. 5, 175.—
II Transf., a straw-like weed which grows among barley, also called aegilops, Plin. 18, 17, 44, § 155.—
B A trifle, particle, mote: in oculo fratris, Vulg. Matt. 7, 3; id. Luc. 6, 41.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
(1) festūca,¹⁶ æ, f.,
1 fétu, brin de paille, tige : Varro L. 5, 136 ; Plin. 18, 254
2 baguette, dont le préteur touchait la tête d’un esclave pour l’affranchir : Pl. Mil. 961 ; Pers. 5, 175
3 coquiole [herbe] : Plin. 18, 155.
(2) festūca,¹⁶ æ, c. fistuca : Cato Agr. 28, 2.
