bilinguis
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
bilinguis bilinguis, bilingue ADJ :: two-tongued, speaking two/jumbled languages; treacherous, false, hypocritical
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
bĭlinguis: e, adj. bis - lingua,
I twotongued, double-tongued.
I Lit., having two tongues; humorously, of voluptuous persons kissing, Plaut. Ps. 5, 1, 15; cf. id. Poen. 5, 4, 65.—
B Transf.
1 Tibiae, with two keys, Varr. ap. Non. p. 229, 24.—
2 Speaking two languages: bilinguis δίγλωσσος, Gloss.: bilingues Bruttates Ennius dixit, quod Bruttii et Osce et Graece loqui soliti sint, Paul. ex Fest. p. 35 Müll.; cf. Commod. p. 350: corvinus, Canusini more bilinguis, Hor. S. 1, 10, 30: sed jam bilingues erant, paulatim a domestico externo sermone degeneres, Curt. 7, 5, 29.—
II Trop.
A Double-tongued, hypocritical, deceitful, false, treacherous: tamquam proserpens bestia, est bilinguis et scelestus, Plaut. Pers. 2, 4, 28: edico prius, Ne duplicis habeatis linguas, ne ego bilinguis vos necem, id. Truc. 4, 3, 7 (cf. id. Poen. 5, 2, 74: bisulcilingua quasi proserpens bestia): quippe domum timet ambiguam Tyriosque bilinguis, Verg. A. 1, 661: homo, Phaedr. 2, 4, 25; Sil. 2, 56: os, Vulg. Prov. 8, 13: socii, Sil. 16, 157: insidiae, Claud. B. Gild. 284.—
B Fabulae, having a double meaning, allegorical, Arn. 5, p. 228.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
bĭlinguis,¹⁴ e (bis, lingua), qui a deux langues : Pl. Ps. 1260 || [fig.] qui parle deux langues : Hor. S. 1, 10, 30 || qui a deux paroles, de mauvaise foi, perfide, hypocrite : Virg. En. 1, 661 || à double sens : bilingues fabulæ Arn. 5, 35, récits allégoriques.
Latin > German (Georges)
bilinguis, e (bis u. lingua), zweizüngig, doppelzüngig, I) eig. u. meton.: A) eig., scherzh. von wollüstig mit untergeschobenen Zungen sich Küssenden, Plaut. Pseud. 1260: tibias bilinguos (so!), mit zwei Klappen, Varr. sat. Men. 309. – B) meton., mit od. in zwei Zungen = zwei Sprachen redend, im üblen Sinne = ein Kauderwelsch redend, Enn. ann. 488. Lucil. sat. 3, 23. Hor. sat. 1, 10, 30. Curt. 7, 5 (23), 29. – II) übtr.: a) doppelsinnig, fabulae, allegorische, Arnob. 5, 35. – b) doppelzüngig = heuchlerisch, falsch (s. Drak. Sil. 16, 157), v. Pers., Plaut., Verg. u.a.: Afrorum animi, Firm. math.: insidiae, Claud.
