cento
ἀλώπηξ, αἰετοῦ ἅ τ' ἀναπιτναμένα ῥόμβον ἴσχει → a fox, which, by spreading itself out, wards off the eagle's swoop
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
cento: ōnis, m. κέντρων,
I a garment of several bits or pieces sewed together, a rag-covering, patchwork, etc., Cato ap. Fest. s. v. prohibere, p. 234 Müll.; id. R. R. 2, 3; 10, 5; Lucil. ap. Non. p. 176, 1; Sisenn. ib. p. 91, 27; Caes. B. C. 2, 9; 3, 44 fin.; Dig. 33, 7, 12.—
2 Esp., a cap worn under the helmet, Amm. 19, 8, 8.—
B Prov.: centones sarcire alicui, to impose upon by falsehoods, Plaut. Ep. 3, 4, 19.—
II The title of a poem made up of various verses of another poem, a cento; so the Cento Nuptialis of Ausonius (the thirteenth of his Idyls), etc., Isid. Orig. 1, 38, 25; Tert. Praescr. 39.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
(1) centō,¹² ōnis, m. (cf. κέντρων),
1 pièce d’étoffe rapiécée, morceau d’étoffe : Cato Agr. 2, 3 ; Cæs. C. 2, 10, 7 ; 3, 44, 7
