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dorcas

From LSJ

κοιλία καὶ πολλὰ χωρεῖ κὠλίγα → Ut multa venter accipit, sic paucula → Der Bauch fasst wenig, aber ebenso auch viel

Menander, Monostichoi, 226

Latin > English

dorcas dorcados/is N F :: gazelle, antelope

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

dorcas: ădis (also dorx = δόρξ;
I acc. pl. dorcas, m., Grat. Cyn. 200, and dorcus, i, m., = δόρκος, Edict. Diocl. 4, no. 45), f., = δορκάς, a gazelle, antelope: Antilope dorcas, Linn.; Lucr. 4, 1161; Mart. 10, 65, 13; 13, 98, 1.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

dorcăs,¹⁶ ădis, f. (δορκάς), biche : Mart. 10, 65, 13 || [fig.] Lucr. 4, 1161.

Latin > German (Georges)

dorcas, adis, Akk. ada, f. (δορκάς), die Gazelle (Antilope Dorcas, L.), Mart. 10, 65, 13 u. 13, 98, 1: übtr., v. einem Mädchen, nervosa et lignea dorcas, Lucr. 4, 1153 (1161). – Nbf. dorcus, ī, m. (δόρκος), Edict. Diocl. 4, 45 u. 8, 21 (nach Mommsen = Reh). – u. dorx, Akk. Plur. dorcas, m. (δόρξ), Gratt. cyn. 200.

Latin > Chinese

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