blatta
blatta, a moth
blatta, ae, f.,
- an insect that shuns the light; of several kinds, the cockroach, chafer, moth, etc., Plin. 29, 6, 39, § 139; 11, 28, 34, § 99: lucifuga, Verg. G. 4, 243 (per noctem vagans, Serv.); cf. Col. 9, 7, 5; Pall. 1, 37, 4; Hor. S. 2, 3, 119; Mart. 14, 37; cf. Voss, Verg. l. l.—On account of its mean appearance: amore cecidi tamquam blatta in pelvim, Laber. ap. Non. p. 543, 27.
blatta, ae, f.: blatta θρόμβος αἵματος,
- a clot of blood, Gloss.—Hence,
- II (Access. form blattea, Ven. Carm. 2, 3, 19.) Purple (similar in color to flowing blood; cf. Salmas. Vop. Aur. 46, and Plin. 9, 38, 62, § 135; late Lat.): purpura, quae blatta, vel oxyblatta, vel hyacinthina dicitur, Cod. Th. 4, 40, 1: serica, ib. 10, 20, 18: blattam Tyrus defert, Sid. Carm. 5, 48; Lampr. Elag. 33; Cassiod. Var. Ep. 1, 2.
1. blatta, ae, f. (vgl. lettisch blakts ›Käfer‹), ein lichtscheues, an Kleidern, Büchern usw. nagendes Insekt von verschiedenen Arten, Schabe, Motte, Laber. fr., Verg., Hor., Plin. u.a.
2. blatta, ae, f., der geronnene Saft der Purpurschnecke, der Purpur, bes. die erste Sorte, der schwarze Purpur, Spart. Heliog. 33, 3 u.a. Spät. Vgl. Mommsen Edict. Diocl. p. 93. – Nbf. blattea, ae, f., Ven. Fort. carm. 2, 3, 19.
3. blatta, ae, f. = glis, Marc. Emp. 10.
~is,bitulum
de nominibus insectorum ‥ ~a,nihtbuttorfleoge, ‥ eorwicga
blatis,bitelum ; blatea, lucifuga,wicga
blata,hræpbita [? ]beetle
res eadem blata vespertilioque vocata; / hinc declamare garritu sit blaterare
a bakke , blata, vespertilio
blata, genus purpurae
cespitat in phaleris yppus blattaque [gl.: purpura ] suppinus
blacte bizantle
†blace bizancie
sicut attrahit ‥ blanca byzantia ‥ melancoliam
suffumigetur cum blancha biçantia, quia excitabitur
blacta est squama piscis et invenitur in fronte piscis degentis in conca rotunda tortuosa; sed nos utimur blacta bisantea i. Constantinopoli que sic solebat dici
sed nos utimur blanca bisancia pro ea
blatta, (15) æ, f. , ¶ 1 blatte [insecte qui ronge les étoffes et les livres] : Virg. G. 4, 243 ; Hor. S. 2, 3, 119 ¶ 2 pourpre [foncée, différente du coccum : Lampr. Hel. 33, 3 ; Gloss. ; les anciens croyaient que cette pourpre provenait des blattes] : Isid. Orig. 12, 8, 7 ; Sid. Ep. 9, 13, 5 ; Carm. 11, 84.
Chermes, ut Arabes vocant, et e cocco sanguinei coloris erumpit. Paulus Diacon. in Gloss. :
Glis sive Blatta, apud eumdem cap. 9. pag. 82. Postea pro ipsa purpura, seu purpureo colore usurpata vox. Lex 1. Cod. Quæ res venund. non poss. :
Purpuræ, quæ Blattæ, vel oxyblatta, atque janthina dicitur.Lampridius
Funes Blatta, et serico, ei cocco intortosdixit. Sed hæc jam nota ex his quæ pridem adnotarunt Turnebus lib. 18. Adversar. cap. 17. Cujacius, Casaubonus, Salmasius, savaro, Jacobus Gothofredus, et alii passim. Nos etiam quædam observavimus ad Alexiadem pag. 275.
Tyrium vellusvocat Solinus cap. 29. commendant Sidonius Carm. 5. Senator lib. 1. Epist. 1. Anastasius, et alii.
Byzanteam, idem Anastasius pag. 150. 151. 152. 153.
Neapolitanam, idem in Leone III. Serapion lib. Aggregat. :
Blattæ Byzantiæ sunt ex ungulis Ostracorum, et sunt coopercula quibus teguntur in foramine suo, et meliores sunt quæ vergunt ad albedinem, et sunt odoriferæ, quorum odor trahit aliquantulum ad odorem Castorei.Actuario,
Blatta, pro ipso serico
blattatincto usurpant Scriptores, quam
sericoblatamvocat Lex 10. Cod. de Murileg. quo sensu
Inlita Blatta toris, aurumque intermicat ostro.
Vela serica ornata blatto.
Vela de Blattin, cortina de Blattin,et alibi passim.
Quam Blattea flamma Texerat emisso radio flagrante superno.
Blatta. Fortun. lib. 2. Poem. 3 :
Serica cui niveis agnata est Blattea telis.
blatta ae, f
- a moth: lucifuga, V.: vestis, Blattarum epulae, H.
BLATTA
BLATTA[PURPURA. ]
Blatta
A name given by Roman writers to an insect belonging to the orthoptera, of which the ancients knew several kinds. From their shunning the light, Vergil calls them lucifugae. The American cockroach (blatta Americana) is our species. See purpura.