Tinea, tineæ, fœm gen. Horat. Amoth. A worme that eateth bookes.Puluis in lanis & veste tineas creat. Plin. Tineæ. Plin. Wormes in the bellie. Tineæ. Col. Wormes breeding in bee hiues.Durum tineæ genus.Virg.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
tĭnĕa, ae, f. [tan-, root of tondeo; cf. Gr. te/mnw]. I. In gen., a gnawing worm, in clothes, books, etc., a moth, bookworm, etc.: Phalaena tinea, Linn.; Cato, R. R. 98, 1; Hor. S. 2, 3, 119; id. Ep. 1, 20, 12; Ov. P. 1, 1, 72; Mart. 11, 1, 14; Plin. 11, 35, 41, 117.—II. In partic. A. Of the moth that flutters about a light, Lact. Phoen. 107.—B. Of the wood-worm, Vitr. 5, 12 fin.—C. Of worms in beehives, Verg. G. 4, 246; Col. 9, 14, 2.— D. Of worms in fig-trees, Col. 5, 10, 9.—E. Of worms in the human body, Plin. 27, 13, 120, 145; 21, 20, 83, 140; 23, 8, 77, 148; 24, 10, 47, 77.—F. Agrestes tineae, silkworms, Ov. M. 15, 373.—G. Of lice, Claud. in Eutr. 1, 113; 1, 260.