oscitatio
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)
oscĭtātĭo: ōnis, f. oscito,
I an opening of the mouth wide, a gaping.
I In gen.: conchas pandentes sese quādam oscitatione, a gaping, Plin. 9, 35, 54, § 107.—
II In partic., a gaping, yawning, Plin. 7, 6, 5, § 42; Gell. 4, 20, 9; Mart. 2, 6, 4.—
B Trop.: sed Bruti senis oscitationes, tediousnesses, tedious writings, Stat. S. 4, 9, 20: non ipse (judex) nostrā oscitatione solvatur, by our languid speaking, Quint. 11, 3, 3.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
ōscĭtātĭō,¹⁴ ōnis, f. (oscito), action de bâiller, bâillement [en parl. de l’huître] : Plin. 9, 107 || bâillement [pers.] : Cels. Med. 1, 3 ; Sen. Ep. 74, 33 ; Clem. 2, 6, 4 || nonchalance, indifférence : Quint. 11, 3, 3 ; Stat. S. 4, 9, 20.
