confragus
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)
confrăgus: a, um, adj. confringo (post-Aug.; poet. for confragosus),
I rough, rugged, uneven: dumeta densis arboribus, Luc. 6, 126; Val. Fl. 3, 581.—Subst.: con-frăga, ōrum, n., a rough place, thicket: silvae, Stat. Th. 4, 494.—Comp., sup., and adv. not in use.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
cōnfrăgus, a, um Luc. 6, 126 ; Stat. Th. 4, 494, c. confragosus.
Latin > German (Georges)
cōnfragus, a, um (confringo), wörtl. zusammengebrochen = dicht und fest durcheinandergehend, durchwachsen, verwachsen, dumeta densis arboribus confraga, Lucan. 6, 126. – neutr. Plur. subst., confraga silvae, die verwachsenen, dichten Stellen, Stat. Theb. 4, 494: u. so Val. Flacc. 3, 582.
