infractio
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 (Lewis & Short)
infractĭo: ōnis, f. infringo,
I a breaking to pieces, Prisc. 1282 P.—
II Trop., a weakening: infractio et demissio animi, despondency, Cic. Tusc. 3, 7, 14.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
īnfrāctĭō, ōnis, f. (infringo), action de briser || [fig.] animi Cic. Tusc. 3, 14, abattement.
Latin > German (Georges)
īnfrāctio, ōnis, f. (infringo für *infrango), das Zerbrechen, Prisc. part. XII vers. Aen. § 219: übtr., infractio quaedam animi et demissio, eine Art Gebrochensein (Zerknirschung) u. förmliches Fallenlassen des Mutes, das Geknickt- u. Gebeugtsein (= Kleinmut u. Niedergeschlagenheit), Cic. Tusc. 3, 14.
