prosapia
ἰχθύς ἐκ τῆς κεφαλῆς ὄζειν ἄρχεται → the fish stinks from the head, a fish rots from the head down, the fish rots from the head down, fish begin to stink at the head, the fish stinks first at the head, corruption starts at the top, the rot starts at the top
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
prōsāpĭa: ae (collat. form prōsāpĭes, ēi or ēs), f. pro and root sa.; cf. sero, satus,
I a stock, race, family (archaic; v. Quint. 1, 6, 40; 8, 3, 26; cf.: stirps, genus, progenies, posteritas): prosapia progenies: id est porro sparsis et quasi jactis liberis: quia supare significat jacere et disicere, Paul. ex Fest. p. 225 Müll.: veteres prosapias (perh. to be read veteris prosapies, as a gen. sing.), Cato ap. Non. 67, 30: de Coclitum prosapiā esse, Plaut. Curc. 3, 23: rogitares, unde esset, quā prosapiā, id. Merc. 3, 4, 49: homo veteris prosapiae, Sall. J. 85, 10; so, vetus, Just. 14, 6, 11; Suet. Galb. 2: et eorum, ut utamur veteri verbo, prosapiam, Cic. Univ. 11; cf.: nec utique ab ultimis et jam oblitteratis repetita (verba) temporibus, qualia sunt... prosapia, Quint. 1, 6, 40: insulsum (verbum), id. 8, 3, 26. Galba magnā et vetere prosapiā, Suet. Galb. 2: pro gloriā veteris prosapiae, Just. 14, 6, 11; Prud. Apoth. 1006.—Form prosapies: tot stuprorum sordidam prosapiem, Prud. στεφ. 10, 180; Cassiod. Var 9, 25: prosapies, γένους καταγωγή, Gloss. Philox.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
prōsāpĭa,¹⁴ æ, f., [vieux mot d’après Cic. Tim. 39 ; cf. Quint. 1, 6, 40 ; 8, 3, 26 ] longue suite d’ancêtres, aïeux, race, famille, souche : Pl. Merc. 633 ; Sall. J. 85, 10 || [fig.] famille, grand nombre : Prud. Perist. 10, 180.
Latin > German (Georges)
prōsāpia, ae, f. (archaist. Wort nach Quint. 1, 6, 40), die Sippschaft = das Geschlecht, die Familie, Plaut., Sall. u.a. (von Cic. Tim. 39 als archaist. mit Entschuldigung gebraucht, von Quint. 1, 6, 40 u. 8, 3, 26 entschieden verpönt). – übtr., stuprorum sordida pr., Prud. perist. 10, 180. – Nbf. prōsāpiēs, ēī, f., Corp. inscr. Lat. 10, 6850. Augustin. serm. 28, 3 Mai. Cassiod. var. 9, 25, 4. Prob. app. 194, 26 K. Non. 67, 28.
