scissura
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
scissura scissurae N F :: cleft, fissure
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
scissūra: ae, f. id.,
I a tearing, rending, dividing; a rent, cleft, scissure (postAug.).
I Lit., Sen. Q. N. 6, 2: ad scissuram Nili, Plin. 5, 9, 9, § 50; 11, 28, 34, § 100: sal rectis scissuris, id. 31, 7, 39, § 79; Pall. Mai, 12; Vulg. Matt. 9, 16.—
II Trop.: domestica turbat rem populi, Prud. Psych. 756: audio scissuras esse inter vos, Vulg. 1 Cor. 11, 18.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
scissūra,¹⁶ æ, f. (scindo), coupure, division, séparation : Plin. 5, 50, etc. || déchirure, égratignure : Sen. Nat. 6, 2, 5 || [fig.] division, scission : Prud. Psych. 756.
Latin > German (Georges)
scissūra, ae, f. (scindo), I) die Spaltung, Trennung, Zerteilung, a) eig.: Nili, Plin. 5, 50. – b) bildl., der Zwiespalt, Zwist, Prud. psych. 756. Augustin. serm. 358, 3. – II) meton., der Schlitz, die Spalte, der Riß, Sen. u.a.: vulgär cissura, Gromat. 360, 17.
