musca
κρατίστην εἶναι δημοκρατίαν τὴν μήτε πλουσίους ἄγαν μήτε πένητας ἔχουσαν πολίτας → the best democracy is that in which the citizens are neither very rich nor very poor (Thales/Plutarch)
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
musca: ae, f. Sanscr. makshikà, a fly; Gr. μυῖα, of which musca, μυἱσκα, may be a dim. form; cf. Germ. Mücke; Engl. midge, musquito,
I a fly, Varr. R. R. 3, 16: puer, abige muscas, Cic. de Or. 2, 60, 247: muscas fugare, Mart. 3, 82, 12: muscas captare ac stilo praeacuto configere (solebat Domitianus), Suet. Dom. 3.—Transf., of troublesome persons.—So of inquisitive, prying people, Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 26; of obtrusive, unbidden guests, id. Poen. 3, 3, 76.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
(1) musca,¹³ æ, f. (μυΐσκη, dim. de μυῖα), mouche [insecte] : Cic. de Or. 2, 247 ; Varro R. 3, 16 || [fig.] homme curieux : Pl. Merc. 361 || importun : Pl. Pœn. 690.
Latin > German (Georges)
musca, ae, f. (v. μυΐσκα, das Demin. v. μυια), die Fliege, I) eig., Sen. u.a.: muscarum et culicum multitudo, Amm.: muscas captare, Suet.: fugare muscas, Mart.: calvi momordit musca nudatum caput, Phaedr. – Sprichw., non posse videtur muscam excitare, wir »kein Wässerchen zu trüben«, Sen. apoc. 10, 2. – II) übtr., v. Neugierigen, Plaut. merc. 361: v. zudringlichen, ungebetenen Gästen, Plaut. Poen. 690: v. zudringlichen Menschen übh., puer, abige muscas, Cic. de or. 2, 247.
