locusta

lō̆custa (lŭc-; scanned lŏcusta, Juvenc. in Matt. 3, 1, 339), ae, f.,

• a marine shell-fish, a lobster, Plin. 9, 30, 50, § 95: locustis squillisque magna ex parte sub eodem munimento praeduri eminent oculi, id. 11, 37, 55, § 152: marina, Petr. 35, 4.—Hence, dic mihi hoc etiam: solent tibi umquam oculi duri fieri? Men. Quid? tu me locustam censes esse, Plaut. Men. 5, 5, 24 (922).— Prov.: prius pariet locusta Lucam bovem, said of something that can never take place, of something impossible, Naev. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 39 Müll.—
• II A locust, Plin. 8, 29, 43, § 104: esca ejus erat locustae, Vulg. Matt. 3, 4.

1. locusta (lucusta), ae, f., I) die Heuschrecke, lucustarum examina, Liv.: vis locustarum, Tac.: Pomptinum omne velut nubibus lucustarum coopertum esse, Liv.: quid? tu me lucustam censes esse? Plaut. – Sprichw., prius locusta pariet Lucam bovem, von etwas Unmöglichem, Naev. bell. Pun. fr. inc. 11. p. 19 ed. Vahlen (bei Varro LL. 7, 39). – II) der Heuschreckenkrebs, Cels. 2, 28; 3, 6. p. 87, 36 D. Plin. 9, 95. Suet. Tib. 60: vollst. locusta marina, Petron. 35, 4. – ➳ Die umgelautete Form lucusta bei Plaut., Liv. u.a. in den besten Hdschrn., s. Schwabe in Fleckeisens Jahrbb. 105, 415.

locusta [CL] 1 (insect): a locust, grasshopper; b (w. ref. to Matth. iii 4, Marc. i 6; cf. 3 infra); c (fig., applied to person). d (in gl., identified w. var. insects). a venit ad eum ~a ‥, e cujus nomine statim quasi sibi diceret “sta in loco” agnovit V. Greg. 86 (cf. J. Sal. Pol. 412D (v. gradi 2c)); potest ‥ in ~a anachoritarum concors unitas accipi, quae ‥ carnalium voluptatum germina consuevit absumere Bede Prov. (xxx 27) 1026; chantari, vermes qui cantant nocte sicut ~e Gl. Leid. 38. 5; cunei ethnicorum ‥ superficiem terre sua multitudine veluti ~e cooperuerunt Ord. Vit. XI 25 p. 245 (cf. Judith ii 11); caseus ‥ lateat coopertus foliis propter insidias ‥ muscarum, cinifum, ~arum [gl.: langutres (etc., 1d infra)], brucorum Neckam Ut. 110; heretici assimulantur ~e, que volare non potest in altum ‥ et deficientibus pennis ‥ concidet in sepe, in sentibus ‥ Gascoigne Loci 117.  b hic [sc. Johannes baptista] erat in saltu silvestria pabula mellis / atque locustarum mandens corpuscula frugi Aldh. VirgV 400; ~arum celestem volatum et spiritalis mellis dulcedinem Ailr. Serm. 14. 20. 293D; M. Rievaulx 63 (v. 1 esse).  c celebre est ‥ eum incumbere consilio ~arum, quarum potestas dumtaxat in linguis est et caudis earum [cf. Apoc. ix] J. Sal. Ep. 148 (177 p. 180).  d scarabeus, genus ~ae GlC S 151; ~arum, musches. vaspes. de taoun, brese. scarbot. dore Anglice [etc.] Neckam Ut. 110 gl. (cf. (v. 1a supra)); Medulla (v. 3a infra); a brese, atelabus, brucus vel ~a CathA. 2 (crustacean): a lobster (also ~a marina). b (app. expl. in gl. as) wood-louse. a ~a, lopust GlC L 262; carabus, i. ~a piscis Gl. Laud. 445; ~e marine Gerv. Tilb. III 73 (v. centria); si inveneris in berillo ~am marinam sculptam et sub pedibus ejus corniculam ‥ Sculp. Lap. 451; tria sunt genera ~arum, unum marinum quod est lopestere Teaching Latin I 52; nomina piscium: ‥ licusta [gl.: crevys], cancer, mullus ‥ Stanbr. Vulg. 12.  b ~as, i. lotechestes Teaching Latin I 51 (cf. MED s. v. loccester). 3 (plant, in usage arising from misinterpretation of Matth. iii 4, Marc. i 6; cf. 1b supra and Reallexikon für Antike u. Christentum XIV (Stuttgart, 1988) 1247–8): a ‘honeysuckle’, or sim. (some quots. may refer to red clover, cf. OED s. v. honeysuckle 1). b (pl.) edible twigs or sim.. a ~a, A. a honysouke WW 593. 23; hec ~a, A. a sokylblome WW 787. 21 (cf. PP: sokelyng, herbe: ~a); ~a, a brese [1d supra] and an honisoke Medulla 38a–b (v. MED s. v. honisouke d); hony suckle, ~a ‥, periclimenum Levins Manip. 185. 11.  b ~ae sunt ramorum in arboribus extremitates adhuc recentes atque tenerae, quibus divum Jo[hannem] usum esse pro cibo scribit Paracelsus LC 249b.

1 lōcusta (14) ou lūcusta, æ, f. , ¶ 1 langouste : Plin. 9, 95 ; Petr. 35, 4 ¶ 2 sauterelle : Liv. 30, 2 ; 42, 2 ; Plin. 8, 104.

locusta , ae. f.
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locusta see lucusta.