sinuo
Τὸ νικᾶν αὐτὸν αὑτὸν πασῶν νικῶν πρώτη τε καὶ ἀρίστη. Τὸ δὲ ἡττᾶσθαι αὐτὸν ὑφ' ἑαυτοῦ πάντων αἴσχιστόν τε ἅμα καὶ κάκιστον. → Τo conquer yourself is the first and best victory of all, while to be conquered by yourself is of all the most shameful as well as evil
Latin > English
sinuo sinuare, sinuavi, sinuatus V :: bend into a curve; bend; billow out
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
sĭnŭo: āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. id..
I Lit., to bend, wind, curve; to bow, to swell out in curves (perh. not ante-Aug.; most freq. in the poets; syn.: curvo, flecto): (anguis) sinuat immensa volumine terga, Verg. A. 2, 208; cf.: flexos corpus in orbes (anguis), Ov. M. 9, 64: (equus) sinuet alterna volumina crurum, Verg. G. 3, 192: imposito patulos calamo sinuaverat arcus, i. e. had bent, stretched, Ov. M. 8, 30; so, arcum, id. ib. 8, 381: nervum, Sen. Herc. Fur. 1198: Euphraten immensum attolli et in modum diadematis sinuare orbes, Tac. A. 6, 37: (anguis) immensos saltu sinuatur in arcus, Ov. M. 3, 42; cf.: gurges curvos sinuatus in arcus, id. ib. 14, 51: cornua Lunae sinuantur, id. ib. 3, 682; 14, 501; Cels. 8, 1 med.: muri per artem obliqui aut introrsus sinuati, bent inwards, i. e. with retreating angles, Tac. H. 5, 11; cf.: exercitus in cornua, sinuatā mediā parte, curvatur, Sen. Vit. Beat. 4: (Chaucorum gens) donec in Chattos usque sinuetur, extends in a curve, Tac. G. 35: Ionia se ambagibus sinuat, Mel. 1, 17: oceanum, Claud. Rapt. Pros. 1, 271.—*
II Transf., to hollow out, excavate: adhuc sana rodendo, Cels. 7, 2, § 21.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
sĭnŭō,¹³ āvī, ātum, āre (sinus), tr., rendre courbe, rendre sinueux, courber : Virg. En. 2, 208 ; Ov. M. 9, 64 ; arcum Ov. M. 8, 381, bander un arc ; orbes Tac. Ann. 6, 37, former des cercles || sinuari in arcus Ov. M. 3, 42, se plier en arc ; muri introrsus sinuati Tac. H. 5, 11, murs à angles rentrants ; in Chattos sinuari Tac. G. 35, former une courbe jusque chez les Chattes || creuser en formant une sinuosité : Col. Rust. 7, 2, 21 non retrouvé].
Latin > German (Georges)
sinuo, āvī, ātum, āre (sinus), I) bogenartig krümmen, beugen, bauschig machen, arcum, spannen, Ov.: vela, Apul.: terga, Verg.: albentibus spumis in modum diadematis orbes (v. Euphrat), kronenartige Kreise bilden, Tac. – Passiv medial, serpens sinuatur in arcus, Ov.: luna sinuata in orbem, Plin.: histrionicis motibus sinuati corporis saltus, Arnob. – v. Örtl. u. dgl., cuius in contrariis parietibus duo baptisteria velut eiecta sinuantur, Plin. ep.: Pontus sinuatus cetera, Mela: muri introrsus sinuati, bogenförmige, Tac.: donec (Chaucorum gens) in Chattos usque sinuetur, bogenförmig ausläuft, Tac.: vallis sinuata latus, Calp. – II) übtr., bogenförmig aushöhlen, Cels. 7, 2. p. 265, 18 D.
