pusillanimis
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
Latin > English
pusillanimis pusillanimis, pusillanime ADJ :: fainthearted, timid, pusillanimous; discouraged/worried (Souter); meanspirited
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
pŭsillănĭmis: e, adj. pusillus - animus,
I faint - hearted, timid, pusillanimous (post-class.): pusillanimes consolari, Vulg. 1 Thess. 5, 14; Tert. Fug. in Pers. 9; Claud. Mam. Stat. Anim. 1, 20; Sid. Ep. 7, 17 fin.>
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
pŭsillănĭmis, e (pusillus, animus), pusillanime : Sid. Ep. 7, 17.
Latin > German (Georges)
pusillanimis, e, u. pusillanimus, a, um (pusillus u. animus), kleinmütig, Eccl.
