verfehlen
δρυὸς πεσούσης πᾶς ἀνὴρ ξυλεύεται → when the oak falls, everyone cuts wood | when an oak has fallen, every man gathers wood | on the fall of an oak, every man gathers wood | when an oak has fallen, every man becomes a woodcutter | one takes advantage of somebody who has lost his strength | one takes advantage of somebody who has lost his power | when the tree is fallen, every man goes to it with his hatchet
German > Latin
verfehlen, den Weg, deerrare itinere; decipi viā: jmd. v., alqm non invenire (jmd. nicht treffen): seine Absicht, seinen Zweck v., propositum non assequi. – ich verfehle nicht zu etc., nequeo mihi temperare, quo minus etc facere non possum, quin etc. (ich kann nicht umhin); non desum m. folg. Infin. od. m. folg. quo minus u. Konj. (ich ermangle nicht).
