hispidus
ἕτερος ἐξ ἑτέρου σοφός τό τε πάλαι τό τε νῦν → one gets his skill from another, now as in days of old
Latin > English
hispidus hispida, hispidum ADJ :: rough, shaggy, hairy; bristly; dirty
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
hispĭdus: a, um, adj.,
I rough, shaggy, hairy, bristly, prickly.
I Lit. (poet. and in post-Aug. prose; syn. v. hirtus): facies, Hor. C. 4, 10, 5; cf. frons, Verg. A. 10, 210: membra, Juv. 2, 11: corpus Nereïdum squamis, Plin. 9, 5, 4, § 9: mater (of a shegoat with young), Mart. 3, 58, 37: herba, Plin. 22, 6, 7, § 17: agri, i. e. dirty, foul with rain, = squalidi, Hor. C. 2, 9, 2: Eurus procellis, Val. Fl. 1, 612.—Poet., per hypallagen: sic hispida turpes Proelia villosis ineunt complexibus ursi, Stat. Th. 6, 868.—*
II Trop.: agrestis auris ac hispida, i. e. rude, insensible, Gell. 10, 3, 15.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
hispĭdus,¹³ a, um, hérissé : corpus hispidum squamis Plin. 9, 9, corps hérissé d’écailles || velu : Virg. En. 10, 210 ; Mart. 3, 58, 37 || âpre, raboteux : Hor. O. 2, 9, 1 || [fig.] qui est rude, grossier : Gell. 10, 3, 15.
Latin > German (Georges)
hīspidus, a, um, rauh, borstig, struppig, I) eig.: a) v. Lebl.: facies, Hor. u. Lact.: frons, Verg.: corpus squamis hispidum, Plin.: terra silvis et rupibus hispida, Macr.: ager, wild, unangebaut, Hor.: quod (arbor Medica) spinulentis fastigiis hispida turgescat, Solin.: hispidorum veprium frutices, Sidon.: h. callis, Amm.: poet., h. proelia, Stat. – b) v. leb. Wesen: α) v. Tieren, h. sus, Phaedr.: aper setis insurgentibus spinae h., Apul.: armis hispidi apri, Amm.: gallina hispida plumis, Augustin. – β) v. Pers.: pilosus atque h., Vopisc. Firm. 4, 1: Boreas glacie nivali h., Claud. rapt. Pros. 1, 71: frontem cum cornibus auxit hispidus, Val. Flacc. 6, 533. – II) übtr., h. auris, unempfindlich für das Schöne Gell. 10, 3, 15.
