complano
διὸ δὴ πᾶς ἀνὴρ σπουδαῖος τῶν ὄντων σπουδαίων πέρι πολλοῦ δεῖ μὴ γράψας ποτὲ ἐν ἀνθρώποις εἰς φθόνον καὶ ἀπορίαν καταβαλεῖ → And this is the reason why every serious man in dealing with really serious subjects carefully avoids writing, lest thereby he may possibly cast them as a prey to the envy and stupidity of the public | Therefore every man of worth, when dealing with matters of worth, will be far from exposing them to ill feeling and misunderstanding among men by committing them to writing
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
com-plāno: āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.,
I to make even, level, or plain (rare).
I Prop.: terram tabulā, manibus, pedibus, Cato, R. R. 151, 3: montium juga, Suet. Calig. 37: lacum, id. Caes. 44: opera, Auct. B. Alex. 63: domum, to make even with the ground, to pull down, raze, Cic. Dom. 38, 101.—*
II Trop.: complanare et mollire aspera, dura, i. e. to render tolerable, Sen. Prov. 5, 9.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
complānō,¹³ āvī, ātum, āre, tr., aplanir : Cato Agr. 151, 3 ; complanatus lacus Suet. Cæs. 44, 1, lac comblé || [fig.] a) détruire : complanare domum Cic. Domo 101, raser une maison ; b) [moralt] aspera : Sen. Prov. 5, 9, aplanir les aspérités.
