locusta

In most of our translations also of the Bible the word locusta is Englished a grasshopper, and thereunto (Leviticus xi.) it is reputed among the clean food, otherwise John the Baptist would never have lived with them in the wilderness.

Of Savage Beasts and Vermin. Chapter XIV. [1577, Book III., Chapters 7 and 12; 1587, Book III., Chapters 4 and 6 1909

According to botanists, this may be Valerianella locusta, called Feldsalat in Germany, and in English corn salad or lamb's lettuce.

The Girl in the Tower Lurie, Alison 2008

Fr. guerir, healed. heled, v., concealed. honeysuckle, n., a rendering of locusta as the name of

The Golden Legend, vol. 3 1230-1298 1900

IN the spring about the middle of May, the black pied rice bird (which is called the male) appear in Pennsylvania; at that time the great yellow ephemera, called May fly, and a species of locusta appear in incredible multitudes, the favourite delicious food of these birds, when they are sprightly, vociferous, and pleasingly tuneful.

Travels Through North & South Carolina, Georgia, East & West Florida, the Cherokee Country, the Extensive Territories of the Muscogulges, or Creek Confederacy, and the Country of the Chactaws; Containing An Account of the Soil and Natural Productions of Those Regions, Together with Observations on the Manners of the Indians. 1823

Had I not been a little acquainted with insects, and known that the grasshopper kind is not yet hatched, I should have hardly believed but that it had been a _locusta_ whispering in the bushes.

The Natural History of Selborne, Vol. 1 Gilbert White 1756

Like locusta, the unions gobbled up all of the seeds instead of being satisfied with the harvest.

unknown title 2009

Like locusta, the unions gobbled up all of the seeds instead of being satisfied with the harvest.

unknown title 2009