incus
Ἀναξαγόρας δύο ἔλεγε διδασκαλίας εἶναι θανάτου, τόν τε πρὸ τοῦ γενέσθαι χρόνον καὶ τὸν ὕπνον → Anaxagoras used to say that we have two teachers for death: the time before we were born and sleep | Anaxagoras said that there are two rehearsals for death: the time before being born and sleep
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
incūs: ūdis, f. incudo,
I an anvil.
I Lit. (class.): sine follibus et incudibus, Cic. N. D. 1, 20, 54: si faber incudem fregerit, Dig. 14, 2, 2: impositos duris crepitare incudibus enses, Verg. G. 2, 540: positis incudibus, i. e. having established smithies, id. A. 7, 629: novā Incude diffingere ferrum, Hor. C. 1, 35, 39.—Prov.: eandem incudem tundere, to labor always at the same thing, Cic. de Or. 2, 39, 162; so Amm. 18, 4, 2; 28, 4, 26.—
II Trop.: haec mihi incus est: procudam ego hinc hodie multos dolos, Plaut. Ps. 2, 2, 20: juvenes, et in ipsa studiorum incude positi, i. e. still occupied with their education, Tac. Or. 20; so, philosophicā incude formatus, Sid. Ep. 4, 1: incudi reddere versus, to return to the anvil, i. e. to revise, retouch, Hor. A. P. 441.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
incūs,¹² ūdis, f. (in, cudo), enclume : Cic. Nat. 1, 54 ; Virg. G. 2, 540 ; uno opere eandem incudem tundere Cic. de Or. 2, 162, dans une tâche invariable frapper la même enclume, s’occuper de la même chose ; incudi reddere versus Hor. P. 441, remettre les vers sur l’enclume, sur le métier ; juvenes in ipsa studiorum incude positi Tac. D. 20, les jeunes gens encore en voie de se façonner par l’étude.
Latin > German (Georges)
incūs, cūdis, f. (incūdo), der Amboß, Cic. u.a. – Sprichw., uno opere eandem incudem diem noctemque tundere, immer, Tag u. Nacht, an demselben Amboße stehen u. darauf loshämmern = immerfort ein u. dasselbe treiben od. vorbringen, Cic. de or. 2, 162: u. so eandem incudem diu noctuque tundere, Amm. 18, 4, 2; 28, 4, 26: esse inter malleum et incudem, Hieron. homil. 3. – im Bilde, haec mihi incus est; procudam ego hinc hodie multos dolos, Plaut.: iuvenes in ipsa studiorum incude positi, noch in der Bildung begriffen, Tac. dial.: male tornatos incudi reddere versus, ganz umschmelzen, umarbeiten, Hor.: praeter hoc poscis, ut Horatianā incude formatos Asclepiadeos tibi quospiam transmittam, Sidon. epist. 9, 13, 2. – / Nbf. a) incūdis, ἄκμων, Paul. ex Fest. 79, 7. Auct. de idiom. gen. 577 (a), 23. – b) incūdo, Ven. Fort. vit. s. Mart. 4, 21. – c) encūdo, Gloss. III, 368, 53. – d) incūdum, Ven. Fort. misc. 2, 9, 11 (Abl. incudo).
Latin > English
incus incudis N F :: anvil
