depango
From LSJ
Ὑπὸ τῆς ἀνάγκης πολλὰ γίγνεται κακά → Ad multa cogit nos necessitas mala → Der Zwang der Not lässt vieles schlimme Leid geschehn
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
dē-pango: no
I perf., pactum, 3, v. a., to drive down, drive in, fix into the ground (rare).
I Lit.: malleolum, Col. 3, 16, 1; cf. id. 3, 21, 11; Plin. 16, 26, 46, § 110: quercus et olea in scrobe depactae, id. 24, 1, 1, § 1: in terram depacta, id. 2, 96, 98, § 211. —*
II Trop.: vitae depactus terminus alte tam manet, etc., Lucr. 2, 1087.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
dēpangō,¹⁶ pāctum, ĕre, enfoncer, ficher, planter : Plin. 16, 110 ; 24, 1
