luctuosus
πενία μόνα τὰς τέχνας ἐγείρει → poverty alone promotes skilled work, necessity is the mother of invention, necessity is the mother of all invention, poverty is the mother of invention, out of necessity comes invention, out of necessity came invention, frugality is the mother of invention
Latin > English
luctuosus luctuosa, luctuosum ADJ :: mournful; grievous
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
luctŭōsus: a, um, adj. luctus,
I full of sorrow.
I Causing sorrow, sorrowful, lamentable, doleful, mournful: o diem illum rei publicae luctuosum, Cic. Sest. 12, 27: fuit hoc luctuosum suis, acerbum patriae, id. de Or. 3, 2, 8: misera tempora et luctuosa, id. Fam. 5, 14, 1: luctuosum est tradi alteri luctuosius inimico, id. Quint. 31, 95: luctuosissimum exitium patriae, id. Sull. 33, 11: luctuosae preces, id. Att. 3, 19, 2: illud luctuosum, quod Julius Avitus decessit, dum ex praetura redit, Plin. Ep. 5, 21, 3.—
II Feeling sorrow, sorrowful, sad: Dii multa dederunt Hesperiae luctuosae mala, Hor. C. 3, 6, 7.—Hence, adv.: luctŭōsē, dolefully, mournfully: luctuose canere, Varr. L. L. 5, § 76 Müll.: illud autem quam luctuose ridiculum est, Aug. de Op. Monach. 32, § 42.—Comp.: imperatores vestri luctuosius nobis prope, quam vobis perierunt, Liv. 28, 39, 6.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
lūctŭōsus,¹¹ a, um (luctus),
1 qui cause de la peine, du chagrin, douloureux : fuit hoc luctuosum suis Cic. de Or. 3, 8, ce fut un deuil pour les siens, cf. Cic. Sest. 27 ; Fam. 5, 14, 1
2 plongé dans le deuil : Hor. O. 3, 6, 7 || -sior Cic. Quinct. 95 ; -issimus Cic. Sulla 33 ; 90.
Latin > German (Georges)
lūctuōsus, a, um (luctus), voller Trauer, -Traurigkeit, d.i. I) mit viel Trauer verbunden = kläglich, traurig, trauer- od. jammervoll, dies rei publicae luctuosus, Cic.: luctuosissimum bellum, Cic.: crudelissimum et luctuosissimum exitium patriae comparare, Cic.: luctuosum est tradi alteri, luctuosius inimico, Cic. – illud plane non triste solum, verum etiam luctuosum, quod (daß) Iulius Avitus decessit, dum ex quaestura redit, Plin. ep. 5, 21 (9), 3. – II) in Trauer befindlich = tiefbetrübt, trauervoll, Hor. carm. 3, 6, 8. Firm. math. 5, 7.
