petax
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)
pĕtax: ācis, adj. peto,
I catching at, striving after, greedy for any thing; with gen. (post-class.): ornatūs petax, Fulg. Myth. 2, 1: potentiae petax, id. ib. 2, 3.—Hence, adv. comp.: pĕtācĭus, more greedily, Avien. Progn. 432.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
pĕtāx, ācis, m. (peto), demandeur infatigable : Fulg. Myth. 2, 1.
Latin > German (Georges)
petāx, ācis (peto), gern nach etwas strebend, begierig, m. Genet., ornatus, Fulg. myth. 2, 1: potentiae, ibid. 2, 3.
