Scaife ATLAS

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.— 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.— Transf., a crab: recessim cedam ad parietem imitabor nepam, Plaut. Cas. 2, 8, 7; Ser. Samm. 13, 199.

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Headword:

nĕpa

Headword (normalized):

nĕpa

Headword (normalized/stripped):

nepa

IDX:

30767

URN:

urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:lat.ls.perseus-eng2-n30742

Key:

nepa

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