cucumis
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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
cŭcŭmis: ĕris (is, sometimes in the Nat. Hist. of Pliny; e. g. acc. cucumim, Plin. 9, 2, 1, § 3; 20, 1, 2, § 3; abl. cucumi, id. 20, 9, 40, § 103 al.;
I together with cucumeris, id. 19, 5, 23, § 68; 19, 12, 61, § 186: cucumeres, id. 19, 5, 24, § 69 (cucumis, Sillig): cucumerum, id. 19, 5, 23, § 68 al.), m.
I A cucumber, Col. 11, 3, 48; Plin. 19, 5, 23, § 64 sq.; Pall. Mart. 9, 7; Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 25; Verg. G. 4, 122 al.—
II A sea-plant, similar in color and odor to the cucumber, Plin. 9, 2, 1, § 3.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
cŭcŭmis,¹⁴ mis et mĕris, m., concombre : Plin. 37, 55 ; Varro L. 5, 104 || concombre marin : Plin. 9, 3.
Latin > German (Georges)
cucumis, meris, m. (vgl. griech. κύκιον), I) die Gurke, Varro LL. 5, 104. Cels. 2, 18 u. 20. Col. 11, 3, 48. Plin. 19, 61 u. ö. Vulg. num. 5, 11: c. anguinus od. anguineus, Varro r. r. 1, 2, 25. Col. 2, 9, 10 u. 7, 10, 5: cucumeres primi, erste Sorte G., Edict. Diocl. 6, 28. – II) eine an Farbe u. Geruch der Gurke ähnliche Seepflanze, Plin. 9, 3. – / Nom. cucumer verworfen von Caper de verb. dub. 7, 109, 4: Genet. cucumis, Plin. 37, 55 u. 57: Dat. cucumi, Plin. 19, 181: Acc. cucumin, Plin. 9, 2 u. 20, 7, cucumim, Plin. 20, 8: Abl. cucumi, Plin. 19, 118 u. 20, 103: Acc. plur. cucumis, Plin. 19, 69.
