pestis

Latin > English

pestis pestis N F :: plague, pestilence, curse, destruction

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

pestis: is, f. perh. for perd-tis, from perdo,
I a deadly, esp. an infectious or contagious disease, a plague, pest, pestilence; also, a noxious atmosphere, unhealthy weather (class., but rare for pestilentia; cf. contagio, lues).
I Lit.: hos pestis necuit, Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 861 P. (Ann. v. 549 Vahl.): ibes avertunt pestem ab Aegypto, Cic. N. D. 1, 36, 101: avertere a populo pestem, Liv. 4, 25, 3; 5, 14; 25, 26: alii aliā peste absumpti sunt, Liv. 25, 19.—Poet.: crudelem nasorum interfice pestem, i. e. stinking smell, Cat. 69, 9.—In plur.: in omnibus morbis ac pestibus, Col. 7, 5 fin; 2, 9, 9 sq.—
II Transf., in gen., destruction, ruin, death (class.): qui alteri exitium parat, Eum scire oportet, sibi paratam pestem ut participet parem, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 2, 17, 39 (Trag. v. 22 Vahl.); so with exitium, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 21, 42 (Trag. v. 68 Vahl.): quanta pernis pestis veniet! Plaut. Capt. 4, 3, 3; Lucr. 3, 347: detestabilis pestis, Cic. Off. 2, 5, 16: pestis ac pernicies civitatis, id. Rab. Perd. 1, 2; 9, 25: priusquam oppeto malam pestem (= subeo mortem), Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 2, 16, 38 (Trag. v. 15 Vahl.); so, occidam oppetamque pestem, will seek my death, Plaut. Capt. 3, 3, 11; cf. id. As. 1, 1, 7: servatae a peste carinae, i. e. from the fire, Verg. A. 5, 699: pestem miserrimam importare alicui, Cic. Deiot. 15, 43: machinari alicui, id. N. D. 3, 26, 67: minitari, Liv. 2, 49.—
   B Concr., of a destructive thing or person, a pest, curse, bane: quin unā omnes peste hac populum liberant? Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 70: peste interimor textili (of the poisoned and fatal garment of Nessus), Cic. poët. Tusc. 2, 8, 20: coluber, Pestis boum, Verg. G. 3, 419: illa furia ac pestis patriae (of Clodius), id. Sest. 14, 33: post abitum hujus importunissimae pestis, id. Verr. 2, 3, 54, § 125: nec saevior ulla Pestis et ira deūm (of the Harpies), Verg. A. 3, 214: pestes frugum, Plin. 22, 25, 77, § 160; of Nero: clade et peste sub illā, Juv. 4, 84.—In plur.: quaedam pestes hominum, social pests, Cic. Fam. 5, 8, 2: variae pestes, Verg. G. 1, 181: corporeae pestes, id. A. 6, 737.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

pestis,⁹ is, f.,
1 maladie contagieuse, épidémie, peste : Liv. 25, 26, 12 || fléau : Cic. Nat. 1, 101
2 [fig.] ruine, destruction : a communi peste depulsi Cic. de Or. 1, 3, détournés de causer la ruine générale ; a rei publicæ peste aliquem depellere Cic. Sest. 43, empêcher qqn de causer la ruine de l’État || [en parl. des pers. ou des choses funestes], fléau : Cic. Rab. perd. 2 ; CM 39.

Latin > German (Georges)

pestis, is, f., I) jede ansteckende Krankheit, Seuche, Pest, u. meton. = die ungesunde Witterung, Cic., Liv. u.a.: pestem eam arcere, Liv.: pestem (eine Landplage) ab Aegypto avertere, Cic. – poet., p. nasorum, stinkender Geruch, Catull. – Plur.: morbi ac pestes, Colum. – II) übtr.: A) die Pest, das Verderben, der Untergang, civitatis, Cic.: oppetere pestem od. malam pestem, Plaut. u. Enn. fr.: depellere pestem, Tod, Verg.: pestem in alqm machinari, Cic., alci minitari, Liv.: magis differre quam prohibere imminentem pestem Romanis (v. den Göttern), Liv.: illam a re publica pestem depellere cupere, Cic.: miserrimam pestem importare regibus, die K. in das jämmerlichste V. stürzen, Cic.: ne praemia Metelli in pestem converteret, Sall.: convenae peste conditi orbis terrarum, zum V. des E., Sall. fr.: servatae a peste carinae, Brand, Verg. – B) meton., v. Lebl. u. v. leb. Wesen, die Pest, das Verderben, der Unhold, die Geißel, avaritia et luxuria, quae pestes omnia magna imperia everterunt, Liv.: p. textilis, das giftige, verderbliche Gewand des Nessus, Cic. poët.: p. patriae, v. Klodius, Cic.: p. adulescentium, v. einem Leno, Ter.: eum esse exitium Troiae, pestem Pergamo, Enn. fr.: exsecare pestem aliquam (einen verpesteten Teil des Staates) tamquam strumam, Cic.: viles nec habentes nomina pestes, gistige Kräuter, Lucan.: subterraneae pestes (Ungeziefer), Colum.: mortiferae pestes (Ungeziefer), Amm.: mille corporum od. animorum pestes, Sen.: duplices pestes sociorum, Cic.: quaedam pestes hominum, Cic.: illae inclusae in re publica pestes, Pestbeulen, Cic.: hanc pestem specta, Verderben bringende Leiden, Ov.

Latin > Chinese

pestis, is. f. :: 瘟疫。死。敗。倒。失火。— reipublicae 大害國家之人。— textilis 染瘟疫之衣。