Cirta
From LSJ
ἢν μή τις ὥσπερ σφηκιὰν βλίττῃ με κἀρεθίζῃ → may no one squeeze me and tease me like a wasp | may no one smoke me and tease me like a wasp | but if anyone annoys me and rifles my nest, they'll find a wasp inside | still if you wake a wasps' nest then of wasps you must beware
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
Cirta: ae, f., = Κίρτα,
I an important town in Numidia, now Constantine, Mel. 1, 6, 1; Plin. 5, 3, 2, § 22; Sall. J. 21, 2; 26, 1; 101, 1; 102, 1; Liv. 29, 32, 14 al.—Cirten-ses, ium, m., its inhabitants, Liv. 30, 12, 8; Tac. A. 3, 74; Dig. 22, 6, 9, § 5.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
Cirta,¹² æ, f. (Κίρτα), Cirta [ville de Numidie, auj. Constantine] : Sall. J. 21, 2 || -tēnsēs, ĭum, m., habitants de Cirta : Liv. 30, 12, 8 ; Tac. Ann. 3, 74.
