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1 blatta
blatta ae, f a moth: lucifuga, V.: vestis, Blattarum epulae, H.* * *I IIcockroach, moth, book-worm; (applied to various insects) -
2 blatta
1.blatta, ae, f., an insect that shuns the light; of several kinds, the cockroach, chafer, moth, etc., Plin. 29, 6, 39, § 139; 11, 28, 34, § 99:2.lucifuga,
Verg. G. 4, 243 (per noctem vagans, Serv.); cf. Col. 9, 7, 5; Pall. 1, 37, 4; Hor. S. 2, 3, 119; Mart. 14, 37; cf. Voss, Verg. l. l.—On account of its mean appearance: amore cecidi tamquam blatta in pelvim, Laber. ap. Non. p. 543, 27.blatta, ae, f.: blatta thrombos haimatos, a clot of blood, Gloss.—Hence,II.(Access. form blattea, Ven. Carm. 2, 3, 19.) Purple (similar in color to flowing blood; cf. Salmas. Vop. Aur. 46, and Plin. 9, 38, 62, § 135;late Lat.): purpura, quae blatta, vel oxyblatta, vel hyacinthina dicitur, Cod. Th. 4, 40, 1: serica,
ib. 10, 20, 18:blattam Tyrus defert,
Sid. Carm. 5, 48; Lampr. Elag. 33; Cassiod. Var. Ep. 1, 2. -
3 Blatella germanica
ENG German cockroachNLD kleine huiskakkerlakGER HausschabeFRA blatte d'Allemagne -
4 Blatta orientialis
ENG common cockroachNLD bakkerstorGER KuchenschabeFRA blatte des cuisines -
5 Leucophaea surinamensis
ENG Surinam cockroachGER GewachshausschabeFRA blatte de serre -
6 Periplaneta americana
ENG American cockroachNLD Amerikaanse kakkerlakGER amerikanische GroßschabeFRA blatte americaine -
7 Periplaneta australasiae
ENG Australian cockroachNLD Australische kakkerlakGER sudliche GroßschnabeFRA blatte d'Australie
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