suboles
ἐν πέτροισι πέτρον ἐκτρίβων → by grinding stone against stones
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
sŭbŏles: (less correctly sŏbŏles), is, f. sub- 2. oleo, olesco,
I a sprout, shoot, offshoot, twig, spray: suboles ab olescendo, id est crescendo, ut adulescentes quoque et adultae et indoles dicitur, Fest. p. 309 Müll.
I Lit. (very rare; syn. surculus), of plants: ulmum serere ex subolibus, Col. 5, 6, 2: caepa, quae non habuit suboles adhaerentes, id. 12, 10; Plin. 17, 10, 12, § 65 et saep. —Of the hair: ex subolibus parvuli (capilli) demittebantur, Varr. ap. Non. 456, 7: cum capillus frequenti subole cumulat verticem, App. M. 2, p. 218, 36.—
II Transf., of men and beasts, offspring, progeny, posterity, issue, stock, race, lineage (class.; mostly poet.; cf. Cic. de Or. 3, 38, 153; syn.: proles, progenies): censores populi aevitates, suboles, familias pecuniasque censento, Cic. Leg. 3, 3, 7: propagatio et suboles, id. Off. 1, 17, 54; Lucr. 4, 1232; cf.: (rex Superum) subolem priori Dissimilem populo promittit origine mirā, Ov. M. 1, 251: cara deum suboles, magnum Jovis incrementum, Verg. E. 4, 49: hem subolem sis vide! Plaut. Ps. 3, 2, 102: suboles juventutis, Cic. Phil. 2, 22, 54: robur et suboles militum interiit, Pollio ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 33, 1: milites, favete nomini Scipionum, suboli imperatorum vestrorum, Liv. 26, 41, 22: fortunati patris matura suboles, id. 40, 6: stirpis, id. 39, 24: si qua mihi de te suscepta fuisset Ante fugam suboles, Verg. A. 4, 328: diva (Lucina), producas subolem, Hor. C. S. 17: Romae suboles, the race of Rome, id. C. 4, 3, 14: Archytae, Prop. 4 (5), 1, 77: Sarmatae, Medorum suboles, Plin. 6, 7, 7, § 19: haec suboles nomen habuit Epigoni, Just. 12, 4, 11: stirpem regiae subolis delere, id. 16, 1, 15. —Of the gods: per suboles subolum multiplicata semper innumerabilitas ampliatur, Arn. 3, 9 Hildebr.—Of beasts: lascivi suboles gregis, Hor. C. 3, 13, 8: capellae, Col. 7, 6, 8: armentorum, Plin. 7, 2, 2, § 31.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
sŭbŏlēs¹¹ (mieux que sŏbŏlēs), is, f.,
1 rejeton, pousse : Col. Rust. 5, 6, 2, etc. ; Plin. 17, 65, etc.
2 [fig.] descendants, rejetons, postérité, race, lignée : Cic. Leg. 3, 7 ; Off. 1, 54 ; Phil. 2, 54 ; Liv. 26, 41, 22 || [en parl. des animaux] : Hor. O. 3, 13, 8 ; Plin. 7, 31. mot poét. d’après Cic. de Or. 3, 153.
