vermin
vermin
subs.
Creeping thing: use P. and V. ἑρπετόν, τό (Xen. also Ar.).
subs.
Creeping thing: use P. and V. ἑρπετόν, τό (Xen. also Ar.).
VERMIN
bestiolae molestae rapaces etc. (general term): vermes (worms): pediculi (lice): mustelae (weasels etc.). Vermin that injure corn etc. *bestiolae quae fruges semina etc. populantur (after Col. and Verg. populatque ingentem farris acervum curculio): full of vermin verminosus (Plin.); vermiculosus (Pall.).
bestiolae molestae rapaces etc. (general term): vermes (worms): pediculi (lice): mustelae (weasels etc.). Vermin that injure corn etc. *bestiolae quae fruges semina etc. populantur (after Col. and Verg. populatque ingentem farris acervum curculio): full of vermin verminosus (Plin.); vermiculosus (Pall.).
vermin: perh. bestiŏlae mŏlestae (molestus is used of mice infesting a house, Phaedr. 1, 22, 3): different sorts of v., variae pestes, Virg. G. 1, 181: quae plurima terrae monstra ferunt, ib. 185: cf. the passage, for particular kinds of vermin.