I.a marine shell-fish, a lobster, Plin. 9, 30, 50, § 95: “locustis squillisque magna ex parte sub eodem munimento praeduri eminent oculi,” id. 11, 37, 55, § 152: “marina,” Petr. 35, 4.—Hence, dic mihi hoc etiam: solent tibi umquam oculi duri fieri? Men. Quid? tu me locustam censes esse, Plaut. Men. 5, 5, 24.— Prov.: prius pariet locusta Lucam bovem, said of something that can never take place, of something impossible, Naev. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 39 Müll.—
lō^custa (lŭc- ; scanned lŏcusta , Juvenc. in Matt. 3, 1, 339), ae, f.,
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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