asilus

Latin > English

asilus asili N M :: gadfly; horse-fly

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

ăsīlus: i, m.,
I a gad-fly, horse-fly, usu. tabanus (cf. Plin. 11, 28, 34, § 100); Gr. οἶστρος (cf. Isid. Orig. 12, 8, 15), Verg. G. 3, 147 (cf. Hom. Od. 22, 300). (Even in Seneca's time the word was antiquated; v. Sen. Ep. 58; cf. Plin. 11, 28, 34, § 100.)>

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

ăsīlus,¹⁵ ī, m., taon : Virg. G. 3, 147 ; Plin. 11, 100.

Latin > German (Georges)

asīlus, ī, m., die Bremse, Viehbremse, gew. tabanus, griech. οιστρος, noch jetzt ital. asillo, Verg. georg. 3, 147 (dazu Philarg. u. Voß). Sen. ep. 58, 2. Plin. 11, 100 u. 32, 10. Tert. de pudic. 10. Serv. Verg. georg. 3, 148.

Latin > Chinese

asilus, i. m. :: 野土蜂