deseco
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)
dē-sĕco: cŭi, ctum, 1,
I v. a., to cut off, cut away (class.): vitem, Varr. R. R. 1, 41, 3: partes ex toto, Cic. Univ. 7: uvas a vite, Col. 12, 43, 1: segetes et prata, id. 11, 1, 8: spicas fascibus, Liv. 42, 64: particulam undique, * Hor. Od. 1, 16, 15; and poet.: saxa metallis, to carve out, Stat. S. 2, 2, 85: hordeum, pabulum, herbas, Caes. B. C. 3, 58, 5; cf. segetem, Liv. 2, 5: aures, Caes. B. G. 7, 4 fin.; cf. cervicem, Liv. 31, 34: spicas fascibus, id. 31, 34: collum, *Verg. A. 8, 438.—
II Transf.: tu illud (prooemium) desecabis, hos agglutinabis, Cic. Att. 16, 6 fin.>
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
dēsĕcō,¹³ cŭī, ctum, āre, tr., séparer en coupant : partes ex toto Cic. Tim. 23, séparer des parties d’un tout ; uvas a vite Col. Rust. 12, 43, couper des raisins à la vigne ; spicas fascibus Liv. 42, 64, 2, enlever les épis des gerbes
