infitior
ἰχθύς ἐκ τῆς κεφαλῆς ὄζειν ἄρχεται → the fish stinks from the head, a fish rots from the head down, the fish rots from the head down, fish begin to stink at the head, the fish stinks first at the head, corruption starts at the top, the rot starts at the top
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
infĭtĭor: (infĭc-), ātus, 1,
I v. dep. a. infitiae, not to confess, to contradict, deny, disown.
I In gen.: omnia infitiatur ea, quae dudum confessa est mihi, Plaut. Cist. 4, 1, 9: cum id posset infitiari, repente confessus est, Cic. Cat. 3, 5, 11: verum, id. Part. Or. 14: neque infitiandi ratio, neque defendendi facultas, id. Verr. 2, 4, 47: resistere aut infitiando aut definiendo, id. Part. Or. 29, 102: notitiam alicujus, Ov. P. 4, 6, 42: fama factis infitianda tuis, to be refuted by thy deeds, id. H. 9, 4: Varro Sophocleo non infitiande Cothurno, whom the tragic Muse need not disown, Mart. 5, 30, 1.—
II In partic., to deny any thing promised or received: infitiari creditum fraudare, Paul. ex Fest. p. 112 Müll.: quid si infitiatur, quid si omnino non debetur? Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 3, § 10: depositum, Juv. 13, 60: praedas, to withhold the promised booty, Flor. 1, 22, 2: pretium, Ov. M. 11, 205: adversus infitiantem in duplum agimus, one who denies a claim, Gai. Inst. 4, 10; 171.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
īnfĭtĭor,¹¹ ātus sum, ārī (in et fateor), tr.,
1 nier, contester qqch., aliquam rem : Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 104 ; Cat. 3, 11 ; Fin. 2, 54 || [avec prop. inf.] Cic. Tull. 23 || abst] Cic. Part. 102 ; Sest. 40 || non infitiari potest quin Gell. 6, 3, 40, il ne peut nier que
2 nier [une dette, un dépôt] : Cic. Q. 1, 2, 10 ; Juv. 13, 60.
