lusus
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)
lūsus: a, um, Part., from ludo.
lūsus: ūs, m. ludo,
I a playing, play, game (not in Cic.).
I Lit.: virgineis exercent lusibus undas Naides, Ov. M. 14, 556: aleae, Suet. Calig. 41: calculorum, Plin. Ep. 7, 24: nec me offenderit lusus in pueris, Quint. 1, 3, 10; cf. id. 1, 1, 20: eburneas litterarum formas in lusum offerre, id. 1, 1, 26: ediscere inter lusum, id. 1, 1, 36: in lusu duodecim scriptorum, id. 11, 2, 38: regnum lusu sortiri, i. e. by throwing dice, Tac. A. 13, 15: solent quidam et cogere ad lusum, Dig. 11, 5, 2. —
II Transf.
A Play, sport, game (that is done by way of amusement): fas est et carmine remitti, non dico continuo ac longo, sed hoc arguto et brevi. Lusus vocantur, Plin. Ep. 7, 9, 10: Trojae lusum exhibuit, Suet. Claud. 21.—
B Sportive dalliance, toying: sunt apti lusibus anni, Ov. Am. 2, 3, 13; Prop. 1, 10, 9.—
C Jest, fun, mockery: dant de se respondentibus venustissimos lusus, i. e. make themselves ridiculous, Quint. 5, 13, 46: lusum ludere aliquem, Gell. 18, 13, 4.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
(1) lūsus, a, um, part. de ludo.
(2) lūsŭs,¹⁰ ūs, m.,
1 jeu, divertissement : aleæ Suet. Cal. 41 ; calculorum Plin. Min. Ep. 7, 24, 5, jeu de dés, de dames ; [ébats des Naïades] Ov. M. 14, 536 ; [jeux d’enfants] Quint. 1, 3, 10, etc.
2 [fig.] badinage [en vers] : Plin. Min. Ep. 7, 9, 10
