amento
γλῶσσα μὲν ἀνόστεος, ὀστέα δὲ θλάττει → angry words are bullets, many words hurt more than swords, one can kill with a word, one can kill with words, pen is mightier than the sword, the pen is mightier than the sword, tongue is not steel, tongue is sharper than any sword, tongue wounds more than a lance, word can hurt, word can kill, words are bullets, words are the greatest weapon, words are the new weapons, words are weapons, words can hurt, words can hurt more than swords, words can kill, words cut deeper than a knife, words cut deeper than any sword
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
āmento: āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. amentum.
I Lit., to furnish with a strap or thong; esp. of the javelin, to the middle of which a strap was fastened, so that it might be thrown with greater force (very rare; only twice in Cic.): hastae amentatae, Cic. Brut. 78, 271.—Trop., of discourse: amentatae hastae (i. e. apta et parata argumenta), Cic. de Or. 1, 57, 242 (so Juv. sagittae and jaculator, q. v.).—Hence,
II Transf., poet., to hurl or dart the javelin by means of a thong: cum jaculum parvā Libysamentavit habenā, * Luc. 6, 221.—And of the wind, which gives an impetus to motion, as a thong to the dart: amentante Noto, Sil. 14, 422.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
(1) āmentō, āvī, ātum, āre (amentum), tr.,
1 garnir d’une courroie : Cic. Br. 271
2 lancer un javelot au moyen d’une courroie : Luc. 6, 221 ; [d’où] projeter violemment [en parl. du vent]: Sil. 14, 422.
(2) āmentō, āre, (amens), n’avoir pas sa raison : Gloss.
Latin > German (Georges)
(1) āmento1, āvī, āre (amentum), mit dem Wurfriemen u. dadurch mit um so größerer Schwungkraft schleudern, schnellen, iaculum habenā, Lucan. 6, 221: übtr. v. Winde (als Gottheit), amentante Noto, Sil. 14, 422: u.v. Redner, am. sententiam, Tert. adv. Marc. 4, 33.
(2) āmento2, āre (amens), nicht bei Sinnen sein; vgl. Gloss. II, 239, 26 ›amento, ἀπονοῶ‹.
