glaucopis
Μὴ πρὸς τὸ κέρδος πανταχοῦ πειρῶ βλέπειν → Noli perpetuo vertere oculos ad lucrum → Gewinnsucht habe nirgendwo allein im Blick
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
glaucōpis: ĭdis, f., = γλαυκῶπις (gray-eyed, an epithet of Minerva),
I the owl: si meus aurita gaudet glaucopide Flaccus, Mart. 7, 87 dub. (ex conject. Scalig., al. lagopode; v. lagopus).
1 † glaucus, a, um, adj., = γλαυκός, bright, sparkling, gleaming, grayish (poet. and in post-Aug. prose; cf.: caeruleus, caesius): undae, Lucr. 1, 719; so of water: amictus (Nymphae), Verg. A. 12, 885; cf.: amictus (dei Tiberini), id. ib. 8, 33: sorores, i. e. the Nereides, Stat. Th. 9, 351: ulva, Verg. A. 6, 416: salix, id. G. 4, 182; cf.: frons (salictorum), id. ib. 2, 13: equus, id. ib. 3, 82: oculi, Plin. 8, 21, 30, § 75; 11, 37, 53, § 141 sq.—Transf.: glauca uxor, i. e. with gleaming eyes, Amm. 15, 12, 1.
2 † glaucus, i, m., = γλαῦκος, a bluish-colored fish, otherwise unknown, Plin. 9, 16, 25, § 58 al.
