pinoteres
From LSJ
τίς δ' οἶδεν εἰ τὸ ζῆν μέν ἐστι κατθανεῖν, τὸ κατθανεῖν δὲ ζῆν κάτω νομίζεται → who knows if life is death, and if in the underworld death is considered life
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
pīnŏtēres: and pīnŏthēres (less correctly pinno-), ae, m., = πιννοτήρης or πιννοθήρης,
I the pinna-guard, a species of crab found in the shell of the pina, and fabled to keep watch over it, Cic. Fin. 3, 19, 63; Plin. 9, 31, 51, § 98; 32, 11, 53, § 150.
Latin > German (Georges)
pīnotērēs (pīnothērās), ae, m. (πινοτήρης), der Pinenwächter, Hüter der Steckmuschel (pina), die kleinste Art von Krebsen, nach Harduin Bruder Bernhard (Cancer Bernhardus, L.), Cic. de fin. 3, 63. Plin. 9, 98 (pinotheras); 32, 150. – / Über die Schreibweise s. pina.
