domiporta

Ὑπὸ γὰρ λόγων ὁ νοῦς μετεωρίζεται ἐπαίρεταί τ' ἄνθρωπος → Borne up by words, the mind soars aloft, and we reach the heights (Aristophanes, Birds 1447f.)

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

dŏmĭporta: ae, f. domus-porto,
I she that carries her house on her back, a poet. epithet of the snail, Poëta ap. Cic. Div. 2, 64, 133.

dŏmĭporta, æ, f. (domus, porto), [mot forgé], celui qui porte sa maison [en parl. du colimaçon] : Poet. d. Cic. Div. 2, 133.