scarus
Τούτῳ τῷ λόγῳ χρήσαιτο ἄν τις ἐπ' ἐκείνων τῶν ἀνθρώπων οἳ παραδόξως ἀλαζονεύονται, μηδὲ τὰ κοινὰ τοῖς ἀνθρώποις ἐπιτελεῖν δυνάμενοι → One would use this fable for those who give themselves unreasonable airs, but can't handle everyday life (Aesop 40)
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
scărus: (scārus, Enn. ap. App. Mag. p. 299), i, m., = σκάρος,>
I scar, a kind of seafish much esteemed by the Romans; acc. to some, a species of wrasse: Labrus scarus, Linn.; Plin. 9, 17, 29, § 62; Ov. Hal. 9; 119; Col. 8, 16, 1 and 9; Enn. l. l.; Hor. S. 2, 2, 22; id. Epod. 2, 50; Mart. 13, 84; Fest. s. v. pollucere, p. 253: scarorum jocinora, Suet. Vit. 13.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
scărus,¹³ ī, m. (σκάρος), scare [poisson de mer] : Hor. S. 2, 2, 22 ; Plin. 9, 62.
Latin > German (Georges)
scarus, ī, m. (σκάρος), ein sehr schmackhafter Meerfisch, der gemeine Papageifisch, Enn. fr. var. 40 Vahlen. Plin. 9, 62. Hor. sat. 2, 2, 22. Cael. Aur. de morb. chron. 1, 1, 22: quattuor (IIII) scari (als Abbildung), Corp. inscr. Lat. 6, 9671. Curios. urb. reg. VIII: scarorum iocinora, Suet. Vit. 13, 2.
