lippus
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)
lippus: a, um, adj. Sanscr. lip, to smear; Gr. λίπα, λίπος, fat; ἄλειφα, salve; whence adeps,
I blear-eyed, bleared, inflamed.
I Lit.: num tibi lippus videor, Plaut. Mil. 2, 3, 21: (matrem) cubare in navi lippam atque oculis turgidis, id. ib. 4, 3, 15 lippi illic oculi seruos est simillimus, id. Bacch. 4, 8, 72; id. Pers. 1, 1, 11; Vitr. 8, 4, 4: non tamen idcirco contemnas lippus inungi, Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 29; cf.: lippus Illinere, id. S. 1, 5, 30.—Prov.: omnibus et lippis notum et tonsoribus, i. e. to everybody, Hor. S. 1, 7, 3.—
B Transf.
1 Dim-sighted, nearly blind, half-blind, purblind: fuligine lippus, Juv. 10, 130: patres, Pers. 1, 79.—
2 Dropping, running: lippa sub attrita fronte lacuna putet, of an empty eye-socket, Mart. 8, 59, 2: ficus, an over-ripe fig, dropping with juice, id. 7, 20, 12.—
II Trop., blind to one's own faults: vappa et lippus, Pers. 5, 76; cf. Hor. S. 1, 3, 25.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
lippus,¹² a, um, chassieux [en parl. des yeux] : Pl. Bacch. 913 ; Pers. 11 ; Mart. 5, 59, 2 || chassieux [en parl. des pers.] : Pl. Mil. 291 ; Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 29 || qui a les yeux malades par la débauche : Pers. 1, 79 ; Juv. || aveuglé : Juv. 10, 130 || [fig.] lippa ficus Mart. 7, 20, 12, figue qui coule [très mûre].
