tignum
Καλὸν τὸ νικᾶν ἀλλ' ὑπερνικᾶν κακόν → Vincere bonum est: ultra fas vincere lubricum → Schön ist zu siegen, übermäßig siegen schlecht
Latin > English
tignum tigni N N :: tree trunk, log, stick, post, beam; piece of timber; building materials
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
tignum: i, n. (
I masc. collat. form, plur. tigni, Liv. 44, 5, 4; but Weissenb. reads tigno) root tek-; Gr. ἔτεκον, τίκτω,> whence τέχνη, τέκτων,> texo, building-stuff, building-materials (syn. trabs).
I In gen. (ante-class. and in jurid. lang.): tigni appellatione in lege duodecim tabularum omne genus materiae, ex quā aedificia constant, significatur, Dig. 50, 16, 62; cf.: tigni autem appellatione continetur omnis materia, ex quā aedificium constat vineaeque necessaria. Unde quidam aiunt, tegulam quoque et lapidem et testam ceteraque, si qua aedificiis sunt utilia (tigna enim a tegendo dicta sunt) hoc amplius et calcem et harenam tignorum appellatione contineri, ib. 47, 3 (de tigno juncto), 1.—
II In partic., a piece or stick of timber, a trunk of a tree, a log, beam (class.): venit imber ... Tigna putrefacit, Plaut. Most. 1, 2, 31: tigna trabesque, Lucr. 2, 192; so, with trabes, id. 6, 241: supra eum locum duo tigna transversa injecerunt, Caes. B. C. 2, 9: et levia radere tigna Et terebrare etiam ac pertundere perque forare, Lucr. 5, 1266: tigna bina sesquipedalia in flumen defixerat, Caes. B. G. 4, 17; cf. id. B. C. 2, 10; 2, 15: torquet ingens machina tignum, Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 73; id. A. P. 279: summo quae pendet aranea tigno, Ov. M. 4, 179; 8, 648; Sen. Ep. 120, 7: cava, i. e. ships, Prop. 4 (5), 6, 50.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
tignum,¹¹ ī, n.,
1 matériaux de construction [en gén.] : Dig. 47, 3, 1 ; 50, 16, 62
2 poutre, solive : Cæs. G. 4, 17 ; C. 2, 9 ; 2, 10 ; Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 73 ; P. 279.
Latin > German (Georges)
tīgnum, ī, n. (tego), I) das zum Bauen dienliche Material, Baumaterial, s. Gaius dig. 50, 16, 62. Ulp. dig. 47, 3, 1. § 1. – II) insbes., der Baumstamm, das Stück Bauholz, der Balken, capita tignorum extrema, Caes.: superficies tignaque, Liv.: tigna ambusta, Liv.: cava, Fahrzeuge, Prop.: tignum transversum, Querbalken, Liv.: u. so tigna transversa, traversaria, Caes.: tigna bina sesquipedalia paulum ab imo praeacuta, Caes.: super eum locum duo tigna transversa iniecerunt, Caes.: modicis instravit pulpita tignis, Hor.: revulsa ingenti ruinā tigna sonuerunt, Sen. – / Liv. 44, 5, 4 liest Hertz transverso incumbentes tigno.
