contignatio
καλῶς δρῶν ἐξαμαρτεῖν μᾶλλον ἢ νικᾶν κακῶς → I would prefer to fail with honor than to win by evil | I prefer to fail by acting rightly rather than win by acting wrongly | Better fail by doing right, than win by doing wrong (Sophocles, Philoctetes 95)
Latin > English
contignatio contignationis N F :: raftering; story, floor; joists and boards erected for roof/upper floor
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
contignātĭo: ōnis, f. contigno, a joining together of beams; hence, concrete,
I a floor composed of joists and boards; a story, floor, Caes. B. C. 2, 9; 2, 15; Auct. B. Alex. 1; Vitr. 2, 9; Liv. 21, 62, 3; Pall. 1, 9, 2 al.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
contignātĭō,¹³ ōnis, f. (contigno), plancher : Cæs. C. 2, 9, 2 || étage : Liv. 21, 62, 3.
Latin > German (Georges)
contīgnātio, ōnis, f. (contigno), die Bebälkung = Überbälkung, d.i. konkr. = das Dachgebälk, das Sparrwerk u. das überbälkte Stockwerk, Caes. u.a.: in tertiam contignationem escendere (v. einem Stier), Liv. – Plur., templorum veterum contignationes (Sparrwerk, griech. ὀροφαί), Plin. 13, 101.
Latin > Chinese
contignatio, onis. f. :: 房梁板。樓。Tertia contignatio 第三座樓。
