cavillor
Κινδυνεύουσι γὰρ ὅσοι τυγχάνουσιν ὀρθῶς ἁπτόμενοι φιλοσοφίας λεληθέναι τοὺς ἄλλους ὅτι οὐδὲν ἄλλο αὐτοὶ ἐπιτηδεύουσιν ἢ ἀποθνῄσκειν τε καὶ τεθνάναι → Actually, the rest of us probably haven't realized that those who manage to pursue philosophy as it should be pursued are practicing nothing else but dying and being dead (Socrates via Plato, Phaedo 64a.5)
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
căvillor: ātus, 1, v. n. and
I a. cavilla, to practise jeering or mocking; or (act.) to censure, criticise; to satirize in jest or earnest, to jest, etc. (syn.: jocari, ludere, illudere).
(a) Absol.: familiariter cum ipso etiam cavillor ac jocor, Cic. Att. 2, 1, 5; cf. Liv. 39, 13, 3; 39, 42, 9; Suet. Tib. 8: facetissime apud aliquem, Gell. 5, 5, 1.—
(b) With acc.: togam ejus praetextam, Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 10 (12), 2: hanc artem ut tenuem ac jejunam, Quint. 1, 4, 5: verba patrum, Tac. A. 1, 46: tribunos plebis, Liv. 2, 58, 9: milites Romanos, id. 5, 15, 4 et saep.—Hence, cavillatus in pass. sense, App. M. 9, p. 230.—
(g) With an objective clause: in eo et etiam cavillatus est, aestate grave esse aureum amiculum, hieme frigidum, Cic. N. D. 3, 34, 83. —*
II Meton., to reason captiously, to use sophisms, to quibble, Liv. 3, 20, 4; Plin. 11, 51, 112, § 267; 35, 10, 36, § 85.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
căvillor,¹³ ātus sum, ārī, tr. et intr.
1 plaisanter, dire en plaisantant, se moquer de : cum eo cavillor Cic. Att. 2, 1, 5, je plaisante avec lui ; cavillans vocare... Liv. 2, 58, 9, il appelait ironiquement... || cavillari rem Cic. Q. 2, 10, 2, plaisanter sur qqch. ; [avec prop. inf.] dire en plaisantant que : Cic. Nat. 3, 83
2 user de sophismes : cavillari tum tribuni Liv. 3, 20, 4, alors les tribuns de chercher chicane, cf. Sen. Ben. 7, 4, 8 ; Ep. 64, 3 || hæc cavillante Appio Liv. 9, 34, 1, Appius tenant ce raisonnement sophistique ; [avec prop. inf.] Plin. 11, 267.
