glossema
μή, φίλα ψυχά, βίον ἀθάνατον σπεῦδε, τὰν δ' ἔμπρακτον ἄντλει μαχανάν → Oh! my soul do not aspire to eternal life, but exhaust the limits of the possible. | Do not yearn, O my soul, for immortal life! Use to the utmost the skill that is yours. | Do not, my soul, strive for the life of the immortals, but exhaust the practical means at your disposal.
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
glossēma: ătis, n., = γλώσσημα,
I an antiquated or foreign word needing explanation: circa glossemata etiam, id est voces minus usitatas, non ultima ejus professionis diligentia, Quint. 1, 8, 15: camillam (apud Ennium), qui glossemata interpretati, dixerunt administram, Varr. L. L. 7, § 34 Müll.: glossemata nobis praecipit, Asin. ap. Suet. Gramm. 22.—Hence, Glos-sēmăta, ōrum, n., a name given to collections of such words with explanations: naucum ait Aelius Stilo omnium rerum putamen: Glossematorum autem scriptores, etc., Fest. s. v. naucum, p. 166, b Müll: ocrem antiqui, ut Ateius Philologus in libro Glossematorum refert, etc., id. s. v. ocrem, p. 181, a.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
glōssēma, ătis, n. (γλώσσημα), terme peu usité (v. glossa ) : Varro L. 7, 34 ; Quint. 1, 8, 15, pl. glossemata, titre d’un recueil de ces termes : Fest. 166, 8.
