pus
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
Latin > English
pus puris N N :: pus; foul/corrupt matter (from a sore); bitterness, gall, venom (Cas)
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
pūs: pūris, n. Sanscr. pu-, to be fetid; Gr. πῦον, πύθω, etc..
I Lit., white and viscous matter of a sore, pus, Cels. 5, 26, 20; 5, 28, 8.—In plur.: pura, Plin. 24, 16, 92, § 145; 35, 6, 21, § 38.—
II Transf., as designation of a malicious person: Titus Lucius ... febris, senium, vomitum, pus, Lucil. ap. Non. 2, 31: Rupili pus atque venenum, Hor. S. 1, 7, 1.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
pūs,¹⁵ pūris, n. (πύον), pus, humeur : Cels. Med. 5, 26, 20 ; pl. pura Plin. 24, 145 || [injure] ordure : Lucil. d. Non. 2, 31 ; Hor. S. 1, 7, 1.
Latin > German (Georges)
pūs, pūris, n. (πῦον, τό), der weiße und zähe Eiter (vgl. sanies), Cels.: Plur. pura, Plin. – bildl., Regis Rupili pus atque venenum, »Gift u. Galle« (von den bitteren Reden eines bösartigen Menschen), Hor. sat. 1, 7, 1.
