asilus
asilus, a gad-fly, horse-fly
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Asilos Noun: masculine accusative plural of asilus
ăsīlus, i, m.,
- a gad-fly, horse-fly, usu. tabanus (cf. Plin. 11, 28, 34, § 100); Gr. οἶστρος (cf. Isid. Orig. 12, 8, 15), Verg. G. 3, 147 (cf. Hom.Od. 22, 300). (Even in Seneca's time the word was antiquated; v. Sen. Ep. 58; cf. Plin. 11, 28, 34, § 100.)
asīlus, ī, m., die Bremse, Viehbremse, gew. tabanus, griech. οἶστρος, noch jetzt ital. asillo, Verg. georg. 3, 147 (dazu Philarg. u. Voß). Sen. ep. 58, 2. Plin. 11, 100 u. 32, 10. Tert. de pudic. 10. Serv. Verg. georg. 3, 148.
ăsīlus, (15) ī, m. , taon : Virg. G. 3, 147 ; Plin. 11, 100.
ăsīlus, i, m.: tafano, assillo.
asīlus ī, m
- a gad-fly, horse-fly, V.
Asīlus
(οἶστρος, tabanus). The gad-fly or horsefly.