asilus
asilus, a gad-fly, horse-fly
ăsīlus, i, m.,
- a gad-fly, horse-fly, usu. tabanus (cf. Plin. 11, 28, 34, § 100); Gr. οἶστρος (cf. Isid. Orig. 12, 8, 15), Verg. G. 3, 147 (cf. Hom. Od. 22, 300). (Even in Seneca's time the word was antiquated; v. Sen. Ep. 58; cf. Plin. 11, 28, 34, § 100.)
asīlus, ī, m., die Bremse, Viehbremse, gew. tabanus, griech. οἶστρος, noch jetzt ital. asillo, Verg. georg. 3, 147 (dazu Philarg. u. Voß). Sen. ep. 58, 2. Plin. 11, 100 u. 32, 10. Tert. de pudic. 10. Serv. Verg. georg. 3, 148.
ăsīlus, (15) ī, m. , taon : Virg. G. 3, 147 ; Plin. 11, 100.
asīlus ī, m
- a gad-fly, horse-fly, V.
Asīlus
(οἶστρος, tabanus). The gad-fly or horsefly.