tofus
δρυὸς πεσούσης πᾶς ἀνὴρ ξυλεύεται → when the oak falls, everyone cuts wood | when an oak has fallen, every man gathers wood | on the fall of an oak, every man gathers wood | when an oak has fallen, every man becomes a woodcutter | one takes advantage of somebody who has lost his strength | one takes advantage of somebody who has lost his power | when the tree is fallen, every man goes to it with his hatchet
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
tōfus: (tōphus), i, m.,
I tufa or tuff; Ital. tufo, Plin. 17, 4, 3, § 29; 36, 22, 48, § 166; Vitr. 2, 7; Front. Aquaed. 122; Verg. G. 2, 214; Ov. M. 3, 160; 8, 562; Stat. S. 4, 3, 52.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
tōfus¹⁴ (tōphus), ī, m., tuf, pierre spongieuse et friable : Virg. G. 2, 214 ; Plin. 17, 29 ; Stat. S. 4, 3, 52.
Latin > German (Georges)
tōfus (tōphus), ī, m., Tuffstein, Tuff (ital. tufo), eine poröse u. bröckelige Steinart, Verg., Plin. u.a.
