cucurbita
From LSJ
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)
cŭcurbĭta: ae, f.,
I a gourd.
I Prop., Col. 11, 3, 48 sq.; Plin. 19, 5, 24, § 69 sq.; Pall. Mart. 9, 16.—
II Transf., in medic. lang., a cup, cupping-glass (of similar form), Scrib. Comp. 46; 67; Juv. 14, 58: cucurbitae medicinales, Plin. 32, 10, 42, § 123 al.—
III Trop., a blockhead, Petr. 39.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
cŭcurbĭta,¹⁴ æ, f.,
1 gourde [plante] : Col. Rust. 11, 3, 48 ; Plin. 19, 61 || [fig.] cucurbitæ caput Apul. M. 1, 15, tête sans cervelle
2 ventouse : Juv. 14, 58 ; Scrib. Comp. 46.
