pituita
Latin > English
pituita pituitae N F :: mucus, catarrh, phlegm; pip, disease of poultry; morbid/viscous discharge
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
pītŭīta: (sometimes in the poets scan. as a trisyl., Hor. S. 2, 2, 76; id. Ep. 1, 1, 108; Pers. 2, 57; cf. Santen on Ter. Maur. p. 430), ae, f. root pitu- for sputu-, from spu- of spuo, sputum; cf. Gr. πτύω, to spit,
I slime, clammy moisture.
I In the body, as diseased matter, phlegm, rheum, pituite; in fowls, the pip: cum sanguis corruptus est aut pituita redundat, Cic. Tusc. 4, 10, 23: capitis, Plin. 25, 11, 90, § 141: oris, id. 23, 1, 13, § 17: tantum bilis pituitaeque, Cato, R. R. 156, 4: adversus acutas pituitae fluxiones, quas Graeci rheumatismos vocant, Plin. 22, 25, 68, § 138: mala pituita nasi, Cat. 23, 17: stomacho tumultum Lenta feret pituita, Hor. S. 2, 2, 76: praecipue sanus, nisi cum pituita molesta est, id. Ep. 1, 1, 108; Sen. Q. N. 6, 2, 4.—Of the pip, Col. 8, 5, 22; Plin. 10, 57, 78, § 157; Pall. 1, 27.—
II A viscous, gummy moisture that exudes from trees, Plin. 17, 27, 43, § 252: fungorum origo non nisi ex pituitā arborum, id. 22, 23, 47, § 96.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
pītŭīta,¹⁴ æ, f.,
1 mucus, humeur, [en part.] humeur pituitaire, pituite, coryza : Cato Agr. 156 ; Cic. Tusc. 4, 23 ; nasi Catul. 23, 17, morve ; capitis Plin. 25, 141, rhume de cerveau
2 pus, humeur, sanie : Cels. Med. 5, 28, 16
3 pépie [maladie des oiseaux] : Col. Rust. 8, 5, 22
4 écoulement des arbres, sève, gomme : Plin. 17, 252. pituita Hor. S. 2, 2, 76 ; Ep. 1, 1, 108 est trisyll.
Latin > German (Georges)
pītuīta, ae, f., zähe Feuchtigkeit, I) im tierischen Körper, a) = φλέγμα, der kalte u. flüssige Schleim, Cato, Cels. u.a.: cum pituita redundat, wenn Verschleimung entsteht, Cic.: Plur. = verschiedenartiger Schleim, Plin. 20, 104 u.a. Pallad. 1, 28, 6: pituitae fluctiones, Bauchflüsse, Plin. 22, 138. – bes. der Schnupfen, mala nasi, Catull.: cum pituita molesta est, Hor. – b) der Pips der Hühner, Colum. u. Plin. – c) zähe Feuchtigkeit, impetus pituitae in facie, feuchte Ausschläge, Plin. 28, 183. – d) eine eiterartige Flüssigkeit, Cels. 5, 28, 16 u. 6, 18, 2. p. 255, 26 D. – II) der Bäume, Plin. 17, 252 u.a. – / Häufig bei Dichtern dreisilbig, s. Heindorf Hor. sat. 2, 2, 76.
