cucurbita

cŭcurbĭta, ae, f., a gourd.

• I Prop., Col. 11, 3, 48 sq.; Plin. 19, 5, 24, § 69 sq.; Pall. Mart. 9, 16.—
• II Transf., in medic. lang., a cup, cupping-glass (of similar form), Scrib. Comp. 46; 67; Juv. 14, 58: cucurbitae medicinales, Plin. 32, 10, 42, § 123 al.—
• III Trop., a blockhead, Petr. 39.

cucurbita, ae, f. (vgl. altindisch carbhaṭaḥ), I) der Kürbis, Sen. contr. 7. praef. § 8. Cels. 2, 18 u. 20. Col. 11, 3, 48. Plin. 19, 61 u. 69 sqq.: cucurbitae primae, sequentes, erste, zweite Sorte K., Edict. Diocl. 26 u. 27: c. medicinalis, Isid. de nat. rer. 33, 1 (= Suet. fr. p. 226, 7 R.): cucurbitā calvior od. glabrior, Apul. met. 5, 9 extr. Fulg. expos. 563, 16 Merc. – Sprichw., cucurbitae caput habere, ein Dummkopf sein, Apul. met. 1, 15. – II) übtr., der Schröpfkopf, Scrib. Larg. 46 u. 67. Iuven. 14, 58: cucurbitae medicinales, Plin. 32, 123.

cucurbita [CL] 1 gourd. b (w. agrestis or Alexandrina) colocynth (conf. w. white bryony; cf. bryonia). Cf. gurda. ~a, cyrfæt Ælf. Gl.; M. Scot Phys. 1 (v. cucumis 1a); quicquid est frigide ‥ complexionis ut sunt ‥ ~e ‥ Bacon V 78.  b ~a Alexandrina, i. coloquintida; ~a agrestis, idem secundum quosdam SB 17; ~a Alexandrina vel ~a agrestis, brionia idem, G. et A. gourde Alph. 46 (cf. ib. 73: gelena, i. coloquintida, ~a Alexandrina); nepe, herbe, colloquitida, cucurpita ‥, wyld nepe, ~a, brionia PP. 2 ‘cucurbit’, cupping-glass. vacuitatis lege ~a attrahit sanguinem Neckam NR II 98.

cŭcurbĭta, (14) æ, f. , ¶ 1 gourde [plante] : Col. Rust. 11, 3, 48 ; Plin. 19, 61 || [fig.] cucurbitæ caput Apul. M. 1, 15, tête sans cervelle ¶ 2 ventouse : Juv. 14, 58 ; Scrib. Comp. 46.

cucurbita , ae. f.
瓜。葫蘆。火罐。

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cucurbita ae, f

• (prop., a gourd), a cuppingglass (from its form), Iu.