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πενία μόνα τὰς τέχνας ἐγείρει → poverty alone promotes skilled work, necessity is the mother of invention, necessity is the mother of all invention, poverty is the mother of invention, out of necessity comes invention, out of necessity came invention, frugality is the mother of invention
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|lshtext=<b>fŏcŭlus</b>: i, m. (in | |lshtext=<b>fŏcŭlus</b>: i, m. (in plur. also heterocl. [[focula]], ōrum, n., Plaut. Pers. 1, 3, 24)<br /> [[dim]]. [[focus]],<br /><b>I</b> a [[little]] [[hearth]], a [[fire]]-[[pan]], chafing-[[dish]], [[brazier]].<br /><b>I</b> Lit.: [[arrepto]] carbone exstincto e [[foculo]] imaginem in pariete delineavit, Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 14; [[Cato]], R. R. 10, 3; 11, 5: epulas foveri foculis ferventibus, Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 67: dextram accenso ad [[sacrificium]] [[foculo]] inicit, Liv. 2, 12, 13; cf. [[Fronto]] Ep. ad Ver. 6 ed. Mai.—Comically: jam [[intus]] ventris fumant [[foculo]], Calefieri jussi reliquias, Plaut. Pers. 1, 3, 24.—*<br /><b>II</b> Transf., [[fire]]: [[bucca]] foculum excitat, Juv. 3, 262. | ||
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Revision as of 09:24, 13 August 2017
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
fŏcŭlus: i, m. (in plur. also heterocl. focula, ōrum, n., Plaut. Pers. 1, 3, 24)
dim. focus,
I a little hearth, a fire-pan, chafing-dish, brazier.
I Lit.: arrepto carbone exstincto e foculo imaginem in pariete delineavit, Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 14; Cato, R. R. 10, 3; 11, 5: epulas foveri foculis ferventibus, Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 67: dextram accenso ad sacrificium foculo inicit, Liv. 2, 12, 13; cf. Fronto Ep. ad Ver. 6 ed. Mai.—Comically: jam intus ventris fumant foculo, Calefieri jussi reliquias, Plaut. Pers. 1, 3, 24.—*
II Transf., fire: bucca foculum excitat, Juv. 3, 262.
