edentulus
ὥσπερ γὰρ ζώου τῶν ὄψεων ἀφαιρεθεισῶν ἀχρειοῦται τὸ ὅλον, οὕτως ἐξ ἱστορίας ἀναιρεθείσης τῆς ἀληθείας τὸ καταλειπόμενον αὐτῆς ἀνωφελὲς γίνεται διήγημα → for just as a living creature which has lost its eyesight is wholly incapacitated, so if history is stripped of her truth all that is left is but an idle tale | for, just as closed eyes make the rest of an animal useless, what is left from a history blind to the truth is just a pointless tale
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
ē-dentŭlus: a, um, adj. id.,
I toothless.
I Prop. (ante- and post-class.): vetulae, Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 118; cf. id. Cas. 3, 2, 20; id. Men. 5, 2, 111; Prud. στεφ. 10, 305: bestia muraena, Tert. Pall. 5.—*
II Transf., of wine ripened by age, Plaut. Poen. 3, 3, 87.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
ēdentŭlus,¹⁶ a, um (e, dens), édenté, qui n’a plus de dents, vieux : Pl. Most. 275 ; Cas. 550 || [fig.] edentulum vinum Pl. Pœn. 700, vin qui a perdu sa force.
