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buprestis

buprestis · f

A venomous beetle

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Where it lives

Naturalis Historia 14 · 0.35/10k

What it meant

būprestis — Lewis & Short

būprestis, is, f., = bou/prhstis (prh/qw, to swell up).

I A venomous beetle, whose sting caused a swelling in cattle, Plin. 30, 4, 10, § 30; 31, 10, 46, § 119; Veg. 5, 14, 10; 5, 77, 1; Isid. Orig. 12, 8, 5; Dig. 48, 8, 3, § 3.—

II A kind of vegetable, Plin. 22, 22, 36, § 78.

Where it came from

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