sting
sting
v. trans.
P. and V. κεντεῖν, V. χρί̄ειν. Plat., P. and V. δάκνειν ; vex, anger.
Things that sting the heart: V. καρδίας δηκτήρια (Eur. Hec. 235).
v. trans.
P. and V. κεντεῖν, V. χρί̄ειν. Plat., P. and V. δάκνειν ; vex, anger.
Things that sting the heart: V. καρδίας δηκτήρια (Eur. Hec. 235).
sting
subs.
Lit., that which stings: P. and V. κέντρον, τό, Ar. ἐγκεντρί̆ς, ἡ.
Wound produced by sting: Ar. and P. δῆγμα, V. θάλπος, τό, χά̆ραγμα, τό (of a serpent’s sting).
Met., P. and V. οἶστρος, ὁ (Plat.), κέντρον, τό.
Bitterness: P. and V. πικρότης, ἡ.
Furnished with a sting: P. κεκεντρωμένος (Plat.).
Without a sting (of drones): P. ἄκεντρος (Plat.).
subs.
Lit., that which stings: P. and V. κέντρον, τό, Ar. ἐγκεντρί̆ς, ἡ.
Wound produced by sting: Ar. and P. δῆγμα, V. θάλπος, τό, χά̆ραγμα, τό (of a serpent’s sting).
Met., P. and V. οἶστρος, ὁ (Plat.), κέντρον, τό.
Bitterness: P. and V. πικρότης, ἡ.
Furnished with a sting: P. κεκεντρωμένος (Plat.).
Without a sting (of drones): P. ἄκεντρος (Plat.).
STING
s. PROP. aculeus (of insects): aculeus; spina (of plants). Wound from a sting ictus.
Figuratively aculeus: morsus. The stings of conscience conscientiae stimulus; animi morsus; conscientiae angor et sollicitudo cruciatus (Cic.).
s. PROP. aculeus (of insects): aculeus; spina (of plants). Wound from a sting ictus.
Figuratively aculeus: morsus. The stings of conscience conscientiae stimulus; animi morsus; conscientiae angor et sollicitudo cruciatus (Cic.).
v: pungere; compungere (general term for pricking or causing a pricking pain): ferire (to strike): mordere (of a biting pain; e.g. of a nettle): urere (of a burning smarting sting; e.g. as that of a nettle etc.). To be stung by a serpent a serpente pungi or feriri (Plin.); by a nettle urticae aculeis compungi: the stinging leaves of a nettle urticae folia mordentia.
IMPROP. mordere (e.g. valde me momorderunt epistolae tuae); conscientia mordere (Cic.); pungere or stimulare ac pungere.
IMPROP. mordere (e.g. valde me momorderunt epistolae tuae); conscientia mordere (Cic.); pungere or stimulare ac pungere.
sting (subs.):
I. The s. of an animal:
1. ăcūleus: a bee's s., apis ac., Cic. Tusc. 2, 22, 52.
2. spīcŭlum: fastening on the veins (bees) leave their s.s behind them hidden in the wound, sp. caeca relinquunt adfixae venis, Virg. G. 4, 237.
3. ăcūmen, ĭnis, n.: the s. of the scorpion, scorpii ac., Cic. Arat. 685.
II. The wound inflicted by the s.:
1. ictus, ūs, m.: by which food wasps make their s.s mortal, quo alimento vespae mortiferos ictus faciunt, Plin. 11, 53, 116: the scorpion's tail is ever ready for a s., scorpionis semper cauda in ictu est, id. 11, 25, 30: a puncture made by a s., aculeatus ictus, id. 20, 21, 84.
2. morsus, ūs, m.: Virg. G. 4, 237. (Though others explain morsus here to be the bite of the bee.)
3. vulnus, ĕris, n.: v.WOUND .
III. The s. of plants: spinarum aculei, Plin. 21, 15, 55: there is in those leaves a pungency from their s.s, iis foliis inest aculeata mordacitas, id. 21, 15, 54: without any s., morsu carens, ib.
IV. Meton.:
1. ăcūleus: the s.s of sarcasm, ac. contumeliarum, Cic. Or. 2, 55, 222. his wit has a s. in it, cum aliquo ac. facetus est, id. Brut. 47, 173.
2. vĕnēnum: cf. Hor. S. 1, 7, 1.
3 morsus, ūs, m.: the s. of sorrow, m. doloris, Cic. Tusc. 4, 7, 15.
4. ăcūmen, ĭnis, n.: they prick themselves with their own s.s, se compungunt suis ac., Cic. de Or. 2, 35, 158.
5. vulnus, ĕris, n.: this is the s. of our sorrow, hoc nostrum vulnus, Tac. Agr. 45. Phr.: the s.s of conscience, angor conscientiae, Cic. Leg. 1, 14, 40: to feel some s.s of conscience, morderi conscientia, id. Tusc. 4, 20, 45.
I. The s. of an animal:
1. ăcūleus: a bee's s., apis ac., Cic. Tusc. 2, 22, 52.
2. spīcŭlum: fastening on the veins (bees) leave their s.s behind them hidden in the wound, sp. caeca relinquunt adfixae venis, Virg. G. 4, 237.
3. ăcūmen, ĭnis, n.: the s. of the scorpion, scorpii ac., Cic. Arat. 685.
II. The wound inflicted by the s.:
1. ictus, ūs, m.: by which food wasps make their s.s mortal, quo alimento vespae mortiferos ictus faciunt, Plin. 11, 53, 116: the scorpion's tail is ever ready for a s., scorpionis semper cauda in ictu est, id. 11, 25, 30: a puncture made by a s., aculeatus ictus, id. 20, 21, 84.
2. morsus, ūs, m.: Virg. G. 4, 237. (Though others explain morsus here to be the bite of the bee.)
3. vulnus, ĕris, n.: v.
III. The s. of plants: spinarum aculei, Plin. 21, 15, 55: there is in those leaves a pungency from their s.s, iis foliis inest aculeata mordacitas, id. 21, 15, 54: without any s., morsu carens, ib.
IV. Meton.:
1. ăcūleus: the s.s of sarcasm, ac. contumeliarum, Cic. Or. 2, 55, 222. his wit has a s. in it, cum aliquo ac. facetus est, id. Brut. 47, 173.
2. vĕnēnum: cf. Hor. S. 1, 7, 1.
3 morsus, ūs, m.: the s. of sorrow, m. doloris, Cic. Tusc. 4, 7, 15.
4. ăcūmen, ĭnis, n.: they prick themselves with their own s.s, se compungunt suis ac., Cic. de Or. 2, 35, 158.
5. vulnus, ĕris, n.: this is the s. of our sorrow, hoc nostrum vulnus, Tac. Agr. 45. Phr.: the s.s of conscience, angor conscientiae, Cic. Leg. 1, 14, 40: to feel some s.s of conscience, morderi conscientia, id. Tusc. 4, 20, 45.
sting (v.):
I. Lit.: To pierce with a s.:
1. pungo, pŭpŭgi, punctum, 3: to s. the frame, p. corpus, Lucr. 2, 460.
2. compungo, nxi, nctum, 3: to s. with a nettle, aculeis urticae c., Col. 8, 14, 8.
3. mordeo, mŏmordi, morsum, 2: a nettle with leaves that do not s., urtica foliis non mordentibus, Plin. 22, 14, 16: to s. the tongue, linguam m., id. 29, 2, 9.
4. ūro, ussi, ustum, 3: to be stung with rods, virgis uri, Hor. S. 2, 7, 58.
5. fĕrio, 4: to be stung by a serpent, feriri a serpente, Plin. 29, 4, 22. Phr.: a s.ing nettle, urtīca mordax, Ov. A. A. 2, 417.
II. Fig.: To vex, provoke:
1. pungo, 3: that letter has so stung me that it has deprived me of sleep, epistola illa ita me pupugit, ut somnum ademerit, Cic. Att. 2, 16. Join: stimulare ac pungere, id. Rosc. Am. 2.
2. mordeo, 2: your letters stung me very much, valde me momorderunt epistolae tuae, id. Att. 13, 12.
3. excrŭcio, 1: this is what s.s me, haec sunt quae me excr., Pl. Trin. 2, 2, 9: bad men are stung by their conscience, animi conscientia improbi excruciantur, Cic. Fin. 2, 16, 53.
I. Lit.: To pierce with a s.:
1. pungo, pŭpŭgi, punctum, 3: to s. the frame, p. corpus, Lucr. 2, 460.
2. compungo, nxi, nctum, 3: to s. with a nettle, aculeis urticae c., Col. 8, 14, 8.
3. mordeo, mŏmordi, morsum, 2: a nettle with leaves that do not s., urtica foliis non mordentibus, Plin. 22, 14, 16: to s. the tongue, linguam m., id. 29, 2, 9.
4. ūro, ussi, ustum, 3: to be stung with rods, virgis uri, Hor. S. 2, 7, 58.
5. fĕrio, 4: to be stung by a serpent, feriri a serpente, Plin. 29, 4, 22. Phr.: a s.ing nettle, urtīca mordax, Ov. A. A. 2, 417.
II. Fig.: To vex, provoke:
1. pungo, 3: that letter has so stung me that it has deprived me of sleep, epistola illa ita me pupugit, ut somnum ademerit, Cic. Att. 2, 16. Join: stimulare ac pungere, id. Rosc. Am. 2.
2. mordeo, 2: your letters stung me very much, valde me momorderunt epistolae tuae, id. Att. 13, 12.
3. excrŭcio, 1: this is what s.s me, haec sunt quae me excr., Pl. Trin. 2, 2, 9: bad men are stung by their conscience, animi conscientia improbi excruciantur, Cic. Fin. 2, 16, 53.