scorteus
Μιμοῦ τὰ σεμνά, μὴ κακῶν μιμοῦ τρόπους → Graves imitatormores, ne imitator malos → Das Edle nimm zum Vorbild, nicht der Schlechten Art
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
scortĕus: a, um, adj. scortum, I.,
I made of hides or leather, leathern: etiam nunc dicimus scortea ea, quae ex corio ac pellibus sunt facta, Varr. L. L. 7, § 84 Müll.; cf. Ov. F. 1, 629; and Fest. s. v. scorta, p. 330 Müll.: fascinum, Petr. 138, 1: pulvinus, Cels. 8, 12: asses, Hier. Chron. ad annum MCCC.—In a lusus verbb.: scorteum scortum, i. e. wrinkled, old, App. M. 1, p. 105, 36. —Subst.: scortĕa, ae, f. (sc. vestis), a garment of skins or leather, Sen. Q. N. 4, 6; Mart. 14, 130; Isid. 20, 7, 1.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
scortĕus,¹⁵ a, um (scortum),
1 de cuir, de peau : Varro L. 7, 84 ; Ov. F. 1, 629 ; Cels. Med. 8, 12
2 flasque, avachi : Apul. M. 1, 8.
