locusta
τότε λαλήσει πρὸς αὐτοὺς ἐν ὀργῇ αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐν τῷ θυμῷ αὐτοῦ ταράξει αὐτούς → then shall he speak to them in his anger, and trouble them in his fury
Latin > English
locusta locustae N F :: locust; crustacean, lobster (w/marina/maris)
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
lō̆custa: (lŭc-; scanned lŏcusta, Juvenc. in Matt. 3, 1, 339), ae, f.,
I a marine shell-fish, a lobster, Plin. 9, 30, 50, § 95: locustis squillisque magna ex parte sub eodem munimento praeduri eminent oculi, id. 11, 37, 55, § 152: marina, Petr. 35, 4.—Hence, dic mihi hoc etiam: solent tibi umquam oculi duri fieri? Men. Quid? tu me locustam censes esse, Plaut. Men. 5, 5, 24.— Prov.: prius pariet locusta Lucam bovem, said of something that can never take place, of something impossible, Naev. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 39 Müll.—
II A locust, Plin. 8, 29, 43, § 104: esca ejus erat locustae, Vulg. Matt. 3, 4.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
(1) lōcusta¹⁴ ou lūcusta, æ, f.,
1 langouste : Plin. 9, 95 ; Petr. 35, 4
2 sauterelle : Liv. 30, 2 ; 42, 2 ; Plin. 8, 104.
Latin > German (Georges)
(1) locusta1 (lucusta), ae, f., I) die Heuschrecke, lucustarum examina, Liv.: vis locustarum, Tac.: Pomptinum omne velut nubibus lucustarum coopertum esse, Liv.: quid? tu me lucustam censes esse? Plaut. – Sprichw., prius locusta pariet Lucam bovem, von etwas Unmöglichem, Naev. bell. Pun. fr. inc. 11. p. 19 ed. Vahlen (bei Varro LL. 7, 39). – II) der Heuschreckenkrebs, Cels. 2, 28; 3, 6. p. 87, 36 D. Plin. 9, 95. Suet. Tib. 60: vollst. locusta marina, Petron. 35, 4. – / Die umgelautete Form lucusta bei Plaut., Liv. u.a. in den besten Hdschrn., s. Schwabe in Fleckeisens Jahrbb. 105, 415.
