prester
καλῶς γέ μου τὸν υἱὸν ὦ Στιλβωνίδη εὑρὼν ἀπιόντ' ἀπὸ γυμνασίου λελουμένον οὐκ ἔκυσας, οὐ προσεῖπας, οὐ προσηγάγου, οὐκ ὠρχιπέδισας, ὢν ἐμοὶ πατρικὸς φίλος → Ah! Is this well done, Stilbonides? You met my son coming from the bath after the gymnasium and you neither spoke to him, nor kissed him, nor took him with you, nor ever once felt his balls. Would anyone call you an old friend of mine?
Latin > English
prester presteris N M :: fiery whirlwind or a waterspout
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
prēster: ēris, m., = πρηστήρ burning.
I A fiery whirlwind, which descends in the form of a pillar of fire, a water-spout, sand-spout: presteras Graici quos ab re nominitarunt, etc., Lucr. 6, 424: turbo ardentior accensusque dum furit, prester vocatur, amburens contacta pariter, et proterens, Plin. 2, 48, 50, § 133: spiritus cum majore vi torti sunt, fit procella terrestris, et a Graecis prester nomen accepit, App. de Mundo, p. 62 fin.—
II A kind of serpent, whose bite causes a burning thirst: prester quem percusserit, distenditur, enormique corpulentiā necatur extuberatus, Sol. 27, 32: torridus prester, Luc. 9, 791; Plin. 20, 20, 81 § 210; 24, 13, 73, § 117.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
prēstēr,¹⁵ ēris, m. (πρηστήρ),
1 metéore igné, colonne ou tourbillon de feu : Lucr. 6, 424
2 espèce de serpent dont la morsure causait une soif brûlante : Sol. 27, 32 ; Luc. 9, 721 ; Plin. 20, 210.
Latin > German (Georges)
prēstēr, ēris, Akk. Plur. ēras, m. (πρηστήρ), brennend; dah. I) ein feuriger Wirbelwind, der in Gestalt einer Feuersäule sich herabläßt, Lucr., Plin. u.a. – II) eine Art Schlangen, deren Biß brennenden Durst verursacht und den Leib auftreibt, Plin. u.a.
