resupinus
μοῦνοι Ἑλλήνων δὴ μουνομαχήσαντες τῷ Πέρσῃ → alone of all Greeks we met the Persian singlehandedly, alone of all Greeks having fought singlehanded with the Persians
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
rĕ-sŭpīnus: a, um, adj.,
I bent back or backwards, lying on one's back or with the face upwards, supine (not in Cic.).
I Lit.: resupinum in caelo contueri, i. e. lying on one's back, face upwards, supine, Att. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 22, 44: fertur equis curruque haeret resupinus inani, Verg. A. 1, 476: eque tuo pendet resupino spiritus ore, Lucr. 1, 37; Ov. H. 16, 255; id. M. 2, 267: jacuit resupinus humi, id. ib. 4, 121; 12, 324: hunc ego resupinum fudi, id. ib. 13, 86 al.: retro lentas tendo resupinus habenas, bent back, id. ib. 15, 520: collum, id. ib. 1, 730: pectus, id. ib. 12, 138: caput, Plin. 8, 25, 38, § 93 et saep. — Of an arrogant gait or manner: (Niobe) mediam tulerat gressus resupina per urbem, with head thrown back, i. e. proudly, Ov. M. 6, 275; cf. Sen. Ep. 80, 7; Cod. Th. 9, 3, 6: si non resupini spectantesque tectum expectaverimus, quid obveniat, Quint. 10, 3, 15: spectat resupino sidera vultu, Mart. 9, 44, 3.—
B Transf., of things turned or bent back: Elis, spread out on a hill, Stat. Th. 4, 237: labra lilii, Plin. 21, 5, 11, § 23: vomer, id. 18, 18, 48, § 171.—
II Trop., lazy, slothful, effeminate, careless, negligent: voluptas, Quint. 5, 12, 20; cf. id. 11, 3, 167: qui solvit, numquam ita resupinus est, ut facile suas pecunias jactet, Dig. 22, 3, 25: existimatio, ib. 43, 24, 4.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
rĕsŭpīnus,¹³ a, um,
1 penché en arrière, qui se renverse ou renversé : Acc. d. Cic. Div. 1, 44 ; Lucr. 1, 37 ; Virg. En. 1, 476 ; Ov. M. 4, 121 ; 13, 86, etc.; resupinus Quint. 10, 3, 15, ayant la tête en arrière, cf. Mart. 9, 44, 3
