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blatta , ae, f.,
I.an insect that shuns the light; of several kinds, the cockroach, chafer, moth, etc., Plin. 29, 6, 39, § 139; 11, 28, 34, § 99: “lucifuga,Verg. G. 4, 243 (per noctem vagans, Serv.); cf. Col. 9, 7, 5; Pall. 1, 37, 4; Hor. S. 2, 3, 119; Mart. 14, 37; cf. Voss, Verg. l. l.—On account of its mean appearance: amore cecidi tamquam blatta in pelvim, Laber. ap. Non. p. 543, 27.
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (5):
    • Vergil, Georgics, 4.243
    • Horace, Satires, 2.3.119
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 11.99
    • Columella, Res Rustica, 9.7.5
    • Martial, Epigrammata, 14.37
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