nepa
nepa, a scorpion. The Scorpion
nĕpa, ae, f. [acc. to Paul. ex Fest. p. 164 and 165 Müll., an African word: Afrorum linguā est animal venenatum, caudā feriens, alio nomine scorpius, etc., Fest. l. l.].
- A scorpion, Cic. Fin. 5, 15, 42 Madv. ad loc.—
- B Nepa, a constellation, the Scorpion: Capra aut Nepa, Enn. ap. Cic. Rep. 1, 18, 30 (Trag. v. 276 Vahl.): pectus Nepai, Cic. poët. N. D. 2, 42, 109; Col. 10, 56.—Collat. form, nĕpas, ae, m., Col. 11, 2, 39.—
- II Transf., a crab: recessim cedam ad parietem imitabor nepam, Plaut. Cas. 2, 8, 7 (443); Ser. Samm. 13, 199.
nepa, ae, f. (nach Festus ein afrikanisches Wort), I) der Skorpion, als Tier, Cic. de fin. 5, 42: u. als Gestirn, Cic. Arat. u.a. – II) der Krebs, als Tier, Plaut. u. Ser. Samm.: u. als Gestirn, Cic. Arat.
in summitate pedum ‥ caudas scorpionum gerunt, quibus se ‥ per aculeos ~e serpentinos ostendunt
Giraldus de Barri Giraldo archidiacono de Brechene, nepoti suo, et vere a ~a dicto, salutem et salutacionem quam meretur
†Augustus [l. Augusti ] mensem Leo †fervidas [l. fervidus ] igne perurit / Augusti nepa prima fugat †desinet s'c'dum [l. de fine secundam ]
nepa mihi nomen veteres dixere Latini
~a,haebern
~a,crabba, oððe hæfern
~a dicitur serpens quidam eo quod in coitu ex nimio furore accense et estuantis libidinis caput sui comparis dentibus precidit
a pasnepe ,rapa [v. l. nepa ]
nĕpa, (16) æ, m. , scorpion [insecte] : Col. Rust. 11, 2, 39 ; Cic. Fin. 5, 42 ; P. Fest. 164 || le Scorpion [signe céleste] : [poet.] Cic. Nat. 2, 109 || écrevisse : Pl. Cas. 443.
- 1. schorpioen (ook als sterrenbeeld);
- 2. kreeft (ook als sterrenbeeld).
nepa ae, f
- African, a scorpion.—The Scorpion(a constellation), Enn. ap. C.
Nepa
According to Festus, an African word, and equivalent to the Latin sidus. Cicero often employs it in his translation of Aratus, and it occurs in Manilius (ii. 32) and elsewhere. Plautus uses it (Casin. ii. 8, 7) for Cancer, and Cicero (De Fin. v. 15) for Scorpio. This latter writer, moreover, who, in his translation of Aratus, commonly employs Nepa in the sense of Scorpio, in one passage (v. 460) uses it in the sense of Cancer. In Columella, also (xi. 2, 30), Nepa occurs for Cancer, according to some, but perhaps with more correctness for Scorpio.