gangraena

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

gangraena, ae, f., = γάγγραινα, a cancerous, eating ulcer on the body, a gangrene.

I Lit., Cels. 5, 26, 34; Lucil. ap. Non. 117, 22; Varr. ib. 25.—*

II Trop.: mali gangraena, Varr. ap. Non. 117, 28.