crabro

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

crābro, ōnis, m.,

a hornet : Vespa crabro, Linn.; Plin. 11, 21, 24, § 71 sq.; Ov. M. 11, 335; Verg. G. 4, 245 al.—Prov.: irritare crabrones, to stir up a hornet's nest , Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 84.

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