concavus
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)
con-căvus: a, um,
I adj., hollow, concave; arched, vaulted; bent, curved: cymbala, Lucr. 2, 619; cf.: concava aera, Ov. M. 4, 30: loca terrae, Lucr. 5, 1255: altitudines speluncarum, Cic. N. D. 2, 39, 98: saxa, Verg. G. 4, 49: vallis, Ov. M. 8, 334: bracchia Cancri, id. ib. 10, 127; 15, 369: jugula, Cic. Fat. 5, 10: manus (opp. plana), Sen. Ep. 56, 1: dentes, Plin. 11, 37, 61, § 162: folia, id. 16, 24, 38, § 92: aqua, swelling, Ov. Tr. 1, 11, 20: puppis, id. F. 4, 276: vela, id. H. 6, 66: ulcus, Scrib. Comp. 238.—
II Subst.: con-căva, ōrum, n., hollow places, hollows (postclass.), Claud. III. Cons. Hon. 47; Lact. 7, 26.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
concăvus,¹² a, um, creux et rond, concave : Cato Agr. 48, 2 ; Cic. Nat. 2, 98 ; Fato 10 ; concava æra Ov. M. 4, 30, cymbales ; concava aqua Ov. Tr. 1, 11, 20, la vague
