corneus
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)
cornĕus: a, um, adj. cornu.
I Of horn, horny, horn- (rare but class.): corneo proceroque rostro (ibes), * Cic. N. D. 1, 36, 101: ora, Ov. M. 8, 545: arcus, id. ib. 1, 697: pyxis, Plin. 29, 6, 39, § 142: laterna, Mart. 14, 61: crater, id. 12, 32, 12: ungula (equi), Luc. 6, 83; cf. solum, Varr. R. R. 2, 9, 4: porta Somni, Verg. A. 6, 894; cf. Stat. S. 5, 3, 288.—
II Hard as horn, horny (very rare): corpora piscatorum, Plin. 31, 9, 45, § 102; 7, 19, 18, § 80.—
B Trop.: fibra, hard-heartedness, insensibility, Pers. 1, 47; cf. corda, Sid. Ep. 4, 1.—
III Of the color of korn (post-Aug.): cereum aut corneum, Plin. 37, 6, 23, § 89: color, id. 36, 8, 12, § 61; Serv. ad Verg. A. 6, 894.
cornĕus: a, um, adj. 1. cornus,
I of or belonging to the cornel-tree or cornelwood: virgulta, Verg. A. 3, 22: clavi, Cato, R. R. 18, 9: hastilia, Verg. A. 5, 557: venabula, Ov. H. 4, 83.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
(1) cornĕus,¹⁵ a, um (cornu), de corne, fait en corne, en forme de corne : Cic. Nat. 1, 101 ; Ov. M. 1, 697 || corné, qui a l’apparence de la corne : Plin. 37, 89 || [fig.] dur comme de la corne : Plin. 31, 102 ; Pers. 1, 47.
(2) cornĕus,¹³ a, um (cornus), de cornouiller : Cato Agr. 18, 9 ; Virg. En. 3, 22.
