eluvies
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)
ēlŭvĭes: em, e, f. eluo,
I a washing away of impurities, a flowing off, discharge.
I Lit., Plin. 2, 82, 84, § 197; Pall. 1, 40, 4; Juv. 3, 32: ventris, Lucil. ap. Non. 103, 33; Aur. Vict. Epit. 9 fin.—
II In gen., an overflowing, an inundation of a river, etc.: eluvie mons est deductus in aequor, Ov. M. 15, 267; Tac. A. 13, 57.—
B Meton., a chasm, abyss, ravine produced by the violent rushing of water, Curt. 5, 4 fin. (shortly before: vorago concursu cavata torrentium); 6, 4 fin.—In plur. (with voragines), id. 8, 11.—
III Trop., of a ruinous law: ad illam labem atque eluviem civitatis pervenire, Cic. Dom. 20, 53 fin.>
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
ēlŭvĭēs,¹³ ēī, f. (eluo), eau qui coule, débordée : Tac. Ann. 13, 57 || ravin, fondrière : Curt. 5, 4, 26 || écoulement des eaux sales : Plin. 2, 197 || cours de ventre : Ps. Aur. Vict. Epit. 9, fin || [en parl. d’une loi néfaste] ruine, perte : civitatis Cic. Domo 53, ruine de la cité.
