nepa
Τοὺς δούλους ἔταξεν ὡρισμένου νομίσματος ὁμιλεῖν ταῖς θεραπαινίσιν → He arranged for his male slaves to have sex with female slaves at a fixed price (Plutarch, Life of Cato the Elder 21.2)
Latin > English
nepa nepae N F :: scorpion; a crab
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
nĕpa: ae, f. acc. to Paul. ex Fest. p. 164 and 165 Müll., an African word: Afrorum linguā est animal venenatum, caudā feriens, alio nomine scorpius, etc., Fest. l. l..
I A scorpion, Cic. Fin. 5, 15, 42 Madv. ad loc.—
B Nepa, a constellation, the Scorpion: Capra aut Nepa, Enn. ap. Cic. Rep. 1, 18, 30 (Trag. v. 276 Vahl.): pectus Nepai, Cic. poët. N. D. 2, 42, 109; Col. 10, 56.—Collat. form, nĕpas, ae, m., Col. 11, 2, 39.—
II Transf., a cŕab: recessim cedam ad parietem imitabor nepam, Plaut. Cas. 2, 8, 7; Ser. Samm. 13, 199.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
nĕpa,¹⁶ æ, m., scorpion [insecte] : Col. Rust. 11, 2, 39 ; Cic. Fin. 5, 42 ; P. Fest. 164 || le Scorpion [signe céleste] : [poet.] Cic. Nat. 2, 109 || écrevisse : Pl. Cas. 443.
Latin > German (Georges)
nepa, ae, f. (nach Festus ein afrikanisches Wort), I) der Skorpion, als Tier, Cic. de fin. 5, 42: u. als Gestirn, Cic. Arat. u.a. – II) der Krebs, als Tier, Plaut. u. Ser. Samm.: u. als Gestirn, Cic. Arat.
