subausculto
From LSJ
ἐν οἰκίᾳ τυφλῶν καὶ ὁ νυκτάλωψ ὀξυδερκής → even the day-blind is sharp-eyed in a blind house | among the blind, the one-eyed man is king
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
sŭb-ausculto: āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.,
I to listen secretly, to eavesdrop (rare but class.): subauscultando excipere voces, Cic. de Or. 2, 36, 153: opprime os: is est, etiam subauscultemus, Plaut. As. 3, 2, 40: tace, subauscultemus, ecquid de me fiat mentio, id. Mil. 4, 2, 3: videntur subauscultare quae loquor, Cic. Att. 10, 18, 1: viris subauscultantibus pariete interposito, id. Top. 20, 75.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
sŭbauscultō,¹⁶ āre, tr., écouter furtivement, surprendre en écoutant, épier en écoutant : Pl. Mil. 993 ; Cic. de Or. 2, 153 ; Top. 75 ; Att. 10, 18, 1.
