pirus
From LSJ
πένης ὢν τὴν γυναῖκα χρήματα λαβὼν ἔχει δέσποιναν, οὐ γυναῖκ' ἔτι → a poor man getting rich turns his wife into his boss, not his wife any more
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
pĭrus: i, f.,
I a pear-tree: insere nunc, Meliboee, piros, Verg. E. 1, 74; Plin. 16, 24, 38, § 90; 16, 26, 46, § 109; 16, 25, 42, § 103: felix arbor, Macr. S. 3, 20, 2.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
pĭrus,¹³ ī, f., poirier [arbre] : Cato Agr. 131 ; Virg. B. 1, 73 ; Plin. 16, 90 ; 103.
Latin > German (Georges)
pirus, ī, f., der Birnbaum, Verg. u. Plin.: piri arbor, Pallad.
