tinea

tĭnĕa, ae, f. [tan-, root of tondeo; cf. Gr. τέμνω].

• In gen., a gnawing worm, in clothes, books, etc., a moth, bookworm, etc.: Phalaena tinea, Linn.; Cato R. R. 98, 1; Hor. S. 2, 3, 119; id. Ep. 1, 20, 12; Ov. P. 1, 1, 72; Mart. 11, 1, 14; Plin. 11, 35, 41, § 117.—
• II In partic.
• • A Of the moth that flutters about a light, Lact. Phoen. 107.—
  • B Of the wood-worm, Vitr. 5, 12 fin.—
  • C Of worms in beehives, Verg. G. 4, 246; Col. 9, 14, 2.—
  • D Of worms in fig-trees, Col. 5, 10, 9.—
  • E Of worms in the human body, Plin. 27, 13, 120, § 145; 21, 20, 83, § 140; 23, 8, 77, § 148; 24, 10, 47, § 77.—
• F Agrestes tineae, silkworms, Ov. M. 15, 373.—
• G Of lice, Claud. in Eutr. 1, 113; 1, 260.

tinea (tinia), ae. f., jeder nagende Wurm wie die Motte, in Büchern u. Kleidern (Phalaena Tinea, L.), Hor. u. Plin. – der Holzwurm, Varro sat. Men. 227. Vitr. 5, 12, 7. – v. den Lichtmotten, tineae agrestes, Ov. met. 15, 373. Lact. de Phoen. 107. – von Würmern in den Bienenstöcken, Verg. u. Colum.: v. Würmern, die die jungen Feigenbäume zernagen, Colum.: von Läusen, Claud. u. Marc. Emp. u. (vollst. tinea capitis) Th. Prisc.: v. Würmern bei Hunden, Nemes. cyn. 209. – In Hdschrn. u. Ausgg. verwechselt mit taenia (Bandwurm).

1 tinea v. 2 tina

2 tinea, ~ia [CL] 1 gnawing worm or maggot, grub; b (fig.). linteum ‥ ~ea non consumit quae vestes alias corrumpit Bede Acts 967A; loco ‥ culcitre quam habuit dives ex plumis, dabuntur ei culcitre ex ~eis et aliis vermiculis Alex. Bath Mor. III 97 p. 143; libri ‥ vermium morsibus terebrati ‥ videbantur domicilia ~earum R. Bury Phil. 8. 120; de animalibus quibusdam minutis ‥ quedam ‥ habent esse ‥ ex corrupcione herbarum, ut ~ee ex oleribus [Comestor Gen. 1062D] Eul. Hist. I 10; hec ~ia, a moke WW.  b nequiquam integritas famae praeconia captat / si cordis peplum corrodens tinea sulcat Aldh. VirgV 2756; ob ‥ vanam gloriam, que solet esse ~ea virtutum, evitandam J. Furness Pat. 113; superbia ‥ molestissima gratiarum ~ea ‥ non tam aliena quam propria corrodit J. Ford Serm. 24. 7. 2 scurfy or scabby disease of the scalp, ‘scald head’. adeo obscaenus lurida capitis faeditate ut, praeoccupato a ~ea toto circulo capitis, pro pilis horrebat raris et hirsutis quasi porcorum setis Folc. V. J. Bev. 4; in pueris familiarem passionem quam ‥ dicimus ‥ ‘~eam’ [ME: moþþe] quia ad modum tinee superiorem cutis capitis substantiam corrodit Bart. Angl. VII 2; tynea Gilb. II 82v. 1 (v. saeta 1i); tynea est scabies capitis cum squamis et crustis et pilorum evulsione Gad. 130v. 2.

tĭnĕa, (13) æ, f. , teigne ou mite [insecte rongeant livres et vêtements] : Cato Agr. 98, 1 ; Hor. S. 2, 3, 119 ; Plin. 11, 117 || ver intestinal : Plin. 27, 145.

tinea , ae. f.
蠢虫。蛀虫。損蜜蜂之虫。虱。

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*tinea, ae. f.
地龍。

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tinea or tinia ae, f

• 1 TEM-, a gnawing worm, moth, bookworm: vestis, tinearum epulae, H.: dirum, tiniae, genus (in bee-hives), V.: Agrestes tineae, silkworms, O.