sorex
πεσούσης νυκτός, πάσα γυνὴ Λαΐς εστί → at nightfall, every woman is a Laïs | all cats are gray at night | all cats are gray by night | all cats are gray in the dark | all cats are grey at night | all cats are grey by night | all cats are grey in the dark | all women look the same with the lights off | when lights are out all women look the same
Latin > English
sorex soricis N M :: shrew-mouse
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
sō̆rex: (o long, Ser. Samm. 4, 57; Poët. in Anthol. Burm. 2, p. 452; o short, Auct. Carm. Phil. 62; Poët. in Anthol. Burm. 2, p. 453), ĭcis, m. Gr. ὕραξ; root svar-; cf. susurrus,
I a shrew-mouse, Ter. Eun. 5, 6, 23; Varr. R. R. 2, 4, 12; Col. Arb. 15; Plin. 2, 41, 41, § 109; its noise was of ill omen, id. 8, 57, 82, § 223; Val. Max. 1, 1, 5.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
sōrex, ĭcis, m. (ὕραξ), souris : Ter. Eun. 1023 ; Varro R. 2, 4, 12.
Latin > German (Georges)
sōrex, icis, m. (ὕραξ), die Spitzmaus, Ter. eun. 1024. Varro r.r. 2, 4, 12. Plin. 2, 109: a soricibus aut muribus infestari, Colum. de arb. 15: ihr Pfeifen (occentus soricis) als böses Omen, Val. Max. 1, 1, 5. Plin. 8, 223. Amm. 16, 8, 2: übtr., tineas soricesque palatii eos (spadones aulicosque omnes) appellans, Aur. Vict. epit. 41, 10. – / Die erste Silbe lang b. Ser. Samm. 57, kurz in Anthol. Lat. 762, 62 (233, 62).
