glossa

From LSJ

Στέργει γὰρ οὐδεὶς ἄγγελον κακῶν ἐπῶν → No one loves the bearer of bad news

Sophocles, Antigone, 277

Latin > English

glossa glossae N F :: glossary, collection/list of unfamiliar/unusal words (needing interpretation)

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

glossa: ae, f., = γλῶσσα,
I an obsolete or foreign word that requires explanation; for the usual glossema, Aus. Ep. 127 (in Quint. 1, 1, 35, written as Greek).—Hence, glossae, a term applied to collections of such words with explanations: tesca aiunt sancta esse, Qui glossas scripserunt, Varr. L. L. 7, § 10 Müll; cf. glossema.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

glōssa, æ, f. (γλῶσσα), mot rare, terme peu usité (qui a besoin d’une explication) : Aus. Epigr. 127, 2 || pl. = recueil, glossaire : Varro L. 7, 10.

Latin > German (Georges)

glōssa (glōsa), ae, f. (γλῶσσα) = glossema (w. s.), eine Glosse, Auson. epigr. 128, 2. p. 217, 6 Schenkl. – als Titel von Sammlungen usw., Varro LL. 7, 10. Vgl. Löwe Prodr. p. 1 sq.

Latin > Chinese

glossa, ae. f. :: 土談註解