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lăcerta , ae, f., and lăcertus , i, m.
I. A lizard: “lacerta,” Plin. 8, 39, 60, § 141; Ov. M. 5, 458; Hor. C. 1, 23, 7; Mart. 14, 172; Juv. 14, 75: “lacertus,” Verg. E. 2, 9; id. G. 4, 13; Juv. 14, 131; cf. Schol. Juv. 3, 231. —Prov.: unius sese dominum fecisse lacertae, to get a little place of one's own (if only big enough for a lizard), Juv. 3, 231. —
II. A sea-fish, otherwise unknown: “lacertus,” Cic. Att. 2, 6, 1; Plin. 32, 11, 53, § 149; Cels. 2, 18; Mart. 10, 48, 11 al.: “lacerta,” Dig. 33, 9, 3, § 3.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (5):
    • Cicero, Letters to Atticus, 2.6.1
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 5.458
    • Vergil, Georgics, 4.13
    • A. Cornelius Celsus, De Medicina, 2.18
    • Martial, Epigrammata, 14.172
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