antelucanus
σταγόνες ὕδατος πέτρας κοιλαίνουσιν → constant dropping wears away a stone, constant dripping will wear away the hardest stone, little strokes fell big oaks, constant dripping wears the stone, constant dropping wears the stone, constant dripping will wear away a stone
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
antĕ-lūcānus: a, um, adj. lux,
I before light, before day (class.; only in prose): ex antelucano tempore, Cic. Fam. 15, 4: gutta roris antelucani, Vulg. Sap. 11, 23: industria, Cic. Tusc. 4, 19, 44: cenae, which continue the whole night until daybreak, id. Cat. 2, 10: lucubratio, Col. 11, 2, 55: spiritus, i. e. ventus, Vitr. 1, 6; so, aurae, Plin. 18, 6, 7, § 2.—Hence, subst.: antĕlūcā-num, i, n., the dawn (eccl. Lat.): doctrinam quasi antelucanum illumino omnibus, I make to shine as the dawn, * Vulg. Eccli. 24, 44.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
antĕlūcānus,¹⁴ a, um (ante, lux), avant le jour, jusqu’avant le jour, matinal : Cic. Fam. 15, 4 ; Cat. 2, 22 || -lūcānum, ī, n., l’aube : Sen. Ep. 122, 1 ; Macr. Sat. 1, 17, 41 ; Eccl.
