scaber
οὐκ ἔστι λέουσι καὶ ἀνδράσιν ὅρκια πιστά → there are no pacts between lions and men, between lions and men there are no oaths of faith, there can be no covenants between men and lions
Latin > English
scaber scabra -um, scabrior -or -us, scaberrimus -a -um ADJ :: rough/scabrous from disease, scabby (esp. sheep); rough/corroded (surface)
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
scăber: bra, brum, adj.,
I rough, scurfy, scabrous (esp. from uncleanness).
I Lit.
A In gen. (poet. and in post-Aug. prose): pectus illuvie scabrum, Poët. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 12, 26: manus, Ov. F. 4, 921: rubigine dentes, id. M. 8, 802: scabros nigrae morsu rubiginis enses, Luc. 1, 243; Suet. Aug. 79: unguis, Ov. A. A. 3, 276; Cels. 6, 19 fin.: scaber intonsusque homo, Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 90: tophus, Verg. G. 2, 214; Ov. H. 15, 141: robigo (pilorum), Verg. G. 1, 495 (cf.: scabies et robigo ferri, id. ib. 2, 220): cortex (opp. levis), Plin. 16, 31, 55, § 126: folia (opp. levia), id. 18, 7, 10, § 58: chartae, Plin. Ep. 8, 15, 2: gemma, Plin. 37, 7, 25, § 96; 37, 9, 46, § 130: aspectus arboris, id. 12, 25, 54, § 114. —Comp.: arbor myrrhae junipero, Plin. 12, 15, 34, § 67.—
B In partic., scabby, mangy, itchy: oves, Cato, R. R. 96, 2; Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 140; Col. 7, 3, 10; Pall. 8, 2 Mai: genae, Plin. 20, 22, 87, § 239.—
II Trop., rough, etc. (post-class.): versus (sc. veterum poëtarum), Macr. S. 6, 3 fin.>
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
scăbĕr,¹² bra, brum (scabo),
1 rude [au toucher], raboteux, âpre, inégal, hérissé : Virg. G. 1, 495 ; Ov. F. 4, 921 ; Plin. 16, 126
2 couvert de malpropreté, de crasse, sale, malpropre : Poet. d. Cic. Tusc. 3, 26 ; Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 90 ; Suet. Aug. 79
3 galeux : Col. Rust. 7, 3, 10
4 [fig.] rude, dur : Macr. Sat. 6, 3 || scabrior, Plin. 12, 67.
Latin > German (Georges)
scaber, bra, brum (scabo), rauh, schäbig (Ggstz. lēvis), I) im allg.: unguis, Ov. u. Cels.: tophus, Verg.: gemma, Plin.: folia, Plin.: arbor scabro aspectu, Plin.: arbor scabrior, Plin.: robigo, Verg.: von Pers., schäbig, unsauber (im Äußeren), Hor. ep. 1, 7, 90. – bildl., versus, Macr. sat. 6, 3. § 9. – II) insbes., schäbig = krätzig, räudig, oves, Plaut., Cato u. Colum.
