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canthăris , ĭdis, f., = κανθαρίς.
I. A genus of beetle, of several species; “in pure Lat. scarabaeus parvus,” Plin. 29, 4, 30, § 94; “freq. used in medicine,” id. 11, 35, 41, § 118; 29, 4, 30, § 93.—Esp. the (very poisonous) Spanish fly, cantharides: Meloe vesicatorius, Linn.; Cic. Tusc. 5, 40, 117; id. Fam. 9, 21, 3; Ov. Ib. 306; cf. Plin. 29, 4, 30, § 94; 11, 35, 41, § 118.—
II. A worm injurious to the vine and rose, Pall. 1, 35, 6 and 4; cf. Plin. 18, 17, 44, § 152.
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 (3):
    • Cicero, Letters to his Friends, 9.21.3
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 11.118
    • Cicero, Tusculanae Disputationes, 5.40
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