argutor
πενία μόνα τὰς τέχνας ἐγείρει → poverty alone promotes skilled work, necessity is the mother of invention, necessity is the mother of all invention, poverty is the mother of invention, out of necessity comes invention, out of necessity came invention, frugality is the mother of invention
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
argūtor: ātus, 1, v. dep. (archaic
I inf. argutarier, Titin.;
v. infra) argutus (except in Prop. only ante-class.), to make a noise.
I With the voice, to prattle, prate: argutari dicitur loquacium proloqui, Non. p. 245, 26: exerce linguam ut argutarier possis, Enn. ap. Non. l. c. (Trag. v. 345 Vahl.): totum diem argutatur quasi cicada, Novat. ib. (Com. Rel. p. 218 Rib.): superare aliquem argutando, Plaut. Fragm. ib. p. 67, 1; so Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 193: agite, fures, mendaciā argutari, Lucil. ap. Non. p. 239, 15.—In the act. form: illa mihi totis argutat noctibus ignes, Prop. 1, 6, 7.—
II With the feet; of the fuller, to stamp: Terra istaec est, non aqua, ubi tu solitu's argutarier Pedibus, cretam dum compescis, vestimenta qui laves, *Titin. ap. Non. p. 245, 32 (Com. Rel. p. 137 Rib.).
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
argūtor,¹⁶ ārī, tr., c. arguto : Enn. Scen. 304 ; Pl. Amph. 349 ; Non. 245 || [fig.] pedibus Titin. 28, bavarder avec ses pieds = sautiller.
