subsilio
σταγόνες ὕδατος πέτρας κοιλαίνουσιν → constant dropping wears away a stone, constant dripping will wear away the hardest stone, little strokes fell big oaks, constant dripping wears the stone, constant dropping wears the stone, constant dripping will wear away a stone
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
sub-sĭlĭo: lŭi, 4, v. n. salio,
I to spring upwards, leap up (mostly poet.; not in Cic.).
I Lit.: decido de lecto praeceps, subsilit, Plaut. Cas. 5, 2, 50; cf. id. Curc. 1, 2, 64: non subsilis ac plaudis? Varr. ap. Non. 135, 28: semper damnosi subsiluere canes, Prop. 4 (5), 8, 46: Pegasus adusque caelum subsilit ac resultat, App. M. 8, p. 208, 33: subsiliunt ignes ad tecta domorum, Lucr. 2, 191.—*
B Trop.: subsiluisti et acrior constitisti, Sen. Ep. 13, 3.—
II To leap into: jamdudum flammis dexteram objecimus aut voluntariam subsiluimus, Sen. Clem. 1, 3, 5.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
subsĭlĭō,¹³ sĭlŭī, īre (sub et salio),
1 sauter en l’air, sauter : Pl. Cas. 931 ; Prop. 4, 8, 46 || Lucr. 2, 191, s’élever || [fig.] Sen. Ep. 13, 3
2 s’élancer dans [avec acc.] : Sen. Clem. 1, 3, 5.
Latin > German (Georges)
subsilio (sussilio), siluī, īre (sub u. salio), I) empor-, in die Höhe springen, Plaut. u. Lucr.: a sede strenue, Varro fr.: canes subsiluere, Prop.: bildl., subsiluisti et acrior constitisti, Sen. ep. 13, 3. – II) hineinspringen, Sen. de clem. 1, 3, 5. – / Die Perfektform subsilii vermag ich nicht nachzuweisen, denn Sen. ep. 13, 3 liest Haase subsiluisti, Sen. de clem. 1, 3, 5 subsiluimus.
Latin > English
subsilio subsiliare, -, - V INTRANS :: jump/leap/spring up; plunge beneath
subsilio subsilio subsilire, subsilui, - V INTRANS :: jump/leap/spring up; plunge beneath
