centunculus
ἀσμένῳ δέ σοι ἡ ποικιλείμων νὺξ ἀποκρύψει φάος → glad wilt thou be when night, arrayed in spangled garb, shuts out the light
Latin > English
centunculus centunculi N F :: plant of doubtful identity; (knotweed L+S)
centunculus centunculus centunculi N M :: patchwork blanket/cloth/drape; multicolored saddle cloth (L+S); small patch
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
centuncŭlus: i, m.
dim. 1. cento.
I A small patch or patchwork, Sen. Ep. 80, 8; App. M. 1, p. 104 al.—
B Esp., a partycolored saddle-cloth, Liv. 7, 14, 7 Weissenb. —
II A plant, bind-weed, knotweed: Polygonum convolvulus, Linn.; Plin. 24, 15, 88, § 138; as fem., id. 26, 11, 66, § 105.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
centuncŭlus,¹⁴ ī,
1 m., dim. de cento, haillon, loques rapiécées : Liv. 7, 14, 7 || habit d’arlequin : Apul. Apol. 13, 7
2 f., cotonnière [plante] : Plin. 26, 105.
Latin > German (Georges)
centunculus, ī, m. (Demin. v. cento), I) ein kleines Flickwerk, kleiner Lumpen, Liv. u.a.: sutilis, Apul.: als Harlekinsrock, Apul. apol. 13. – Synk. Nbf. centunclum equestre coactile, eine Pferdedecke von Filz, Edict. Diocl. 7, 52: centunclum ornatum ab acu, eine gestickte Pferdedecke, ibid. 7, 53. – II) übtr., synk. centunclus (griech. γναφάλλιον), eine Pflanze, die Buchwinde (Polygonum Convolvulus, L.), Plin. 24, 138 u. 26, 114 (wo Femin.).
