recurvus
τὸ μὴ γενέσθαι κρεῖσσον ἢ φῦναι βροτοῖς → not existing is better for mortals than being born, not to be born is better than life for mortals
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
rĕ-curvus: a, um, adj.,
I turned back, bent, crooked, or curved back (a poet. word of the Aug. per.; also in post-Aug. prose; syn.: reduncus, repandus): cornu, * Verg. A. 7, 513; Ov. M. 5, 327; id. F. 5, 119: puppis, id. M. 8, 141; 11, 464; 15, 698: fibrae radicis, id. ib. 14, 632: hederae nexus, winding, id. ib. 3, 664; cf. tectum, i. e. the Labyrinth, id. H. 10, 71: aera, i. e. hooks, fishhooks, id. F. 6, 240: tergum (delphini), id. ib. 2, 113 et saep.: conchae ad buccinum recurvae, Plin. 9, 33, 52, § 103.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
rĕcurvus,¹³ a, um, recourbé, crochu : Virg. En. 7, 513 ; Ov. M. 5, 327 ; recurva æra Ov. F. 6, 240, hameçons ; tecto recurvo mori Ov. H. 10, 71, mourir dans les détours du labyrinthe.
Latin > German (Georges)
recurvus, a, um, zurückgekrümmt, zurück-, rückwärts gebogen, cornu, Verg.: tectum, Labyrinth, Ov.: concha, Plin.: aera, der Hamen, Ov.: nexus hederae, sich schlängelnd, Ov.
Latin > English
recurvus recurva, recurvum ADJ :: bent back on itself, bent round
