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οὐ μακαριεῖς τὸν γέροντα, καθ' ὅσον γηράσκων τελευτᾷ, ἀλλ' εἰ τοῖς ἀγαθοῖς συμπεπλήρωται· ἕνεκα γὰρ χρόνου πάντες ἐσμὲν ἄωροι → do not count happy the old man who dies in old age, unless he is full of goods; in fact we are all unripe in regards to time
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|gf=(1) <b>brūtus</b>,¹⁴ a, um,<br /><b>1</b> lourd, pesant : Lucr. 6, 105 ; Hor. O. 1, 34, 9<br /><b>2</b> qui n’a pas la raison : [[bruta]] animalia Plin. 8, 207, bêtes brutes || aveugle : [[bruta]] fulmina Plin. 2, 113, foudre qui frappe au hasard<br /><b>3</b> [fig.] stupide, déraisonnable : Næv. Fr. poet. 53 ; Cic. Att. 6, 1, 25 ; 14, 14, 2. | |gf=(1) <b>brūtus</b>,¹⁴ a, um,<br /><b>1</b> lourd, pesant : Lucr. 6, 105 ; Hor. O. 1, 34, 9<br /><b>2</b> qui n’a pas la raison : [[bruta]] animalia Plin. 8, 207, bêtes brutes || aveugle : [[bruta]] fulmina Plin. 2, 113, foudre qui frappe au hasard<br /><b>3</b> [fig.] stupide, déraisonnable : Næv. Fr. poet. 53 ; Cic. Att. 6, 1, 25 ; 14, 14, 2.||aveugle : [[bruta]] fulmina Plin. 2, 113, foudre qui frappe au hasard<br /><b>3</b> [fig.] stupide, déraisonnable : Næv. Fr. poet. 53 ; Cic. Att. 6, 1, 25 ; 14, 14, 2. | ||
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Revision as of 07:28, 14 August 2017
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
brūtus: a, um, adj. kindr. with βᾰρύς, perh. contr. from barutus, a lengthened form of barus, like actutum, astutus, cinctutus, versutus, from actu, astus, cinctus, versus; cf. also βρῖθύς, heavy, weighty; Fr. and Engl. brute, brutal.
I Lit., heavy, unwieldy, immovable (rare): brutum antiqui gravem dicebant, Paul. ex Fest. p. 31 Müll.: pondus, falling down with heavy weight, Lucr. 6, 105: tellus, * Hor. C. 1, 34, 9 (cf.: terra iners, id. ib. 3, 4, 45: immota tellus, Sen. Thyest. 1020: terra semper immobilis, Serv. ad Verg. A. 10, 102: Unde Horatius. Et bruta tellus): corpora neque tam bruta quam terrea, neque tam levia quam aetheria, App. de Deo Socr. p. 47, 5.—
II Trop., dull, stupid, insensible, unreasonable.
A Of men: brutum dicitur hebes et obtusum ... Pacuvius Hermiona: et obnoxium esse aut brutum aut elinguem putes, Non. p. 77, 31 sq.: fortunam insanam esse et caecam et brutam perhibent philosophi, Pac. ap. Auct. Her. 2, 23, 36: quod bruti nec satis sardare queunt, Naev. ap. Fest. s. v. sardare, p. 322 Müll. (Bell. Punic. v. 65, p. 18 Vahl.): T. Manlius relegatus a patre ob adulescentiam brutam atque hebetem, Sen. Ben. 3, 37, 4; App. M. 7, p. 191, 30: homo, Lact. 7, 4, 12; Prud. στεφ. 2, 66; cf. 2. Brutus, II. B.—Esp. in a play on the name, 2. Brutus, v. h. v.—
B Of animals, irrational ( = ἀναίσθητος, Arist. Part. Anim. 3, 4) (so several times in Pliny the elder): animalium hoc maxime brutum (sc. sus), Plin. 8, 51, 77, § 207; 9, 29, 46, § 87; 11, 37, 70, § 183; 11, 39, 92, § 226.—But only late Lat. as a general designation of animals opp. to men, our brute, irrational, dumb, Greg. Mag. in Job, 10, 13, 23; 17, 30, 46 al.—
C Of inanimate things: bruta fulmina et vana, ut quae nulla veniant ratione naturae, qs. striking blindly, Plin. 2, 43, 43, § 113: scitum Caesaris, thoughtless, inconsiderate, Prud. στεφ. 5, 66.—* Sup., Jul. Val. Rer. Gest. Alex. Magn. 3, 67.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
(1) brūtus,¹⁴ a, um,
1 lourd, pesant : Lucr. 6, 105 ; Hor. O. 1, 34, 9
2 qui n’a pas la raison : bruta animalia Plin. 8, 207, bêtes brutes || aveugle : bruta fulmina Plin. 2, 113, foudre qui frappe au hasard
3 [fig.] stupide, déraisonnable : Næv. Fr. poet. 53 ; Cic. Att. 6, 1, 25 ; 14, 14, 2.
