vafer
μηδέν' ὀλβίζειν, πρὶν ἂν τέρμα τοῦ βίου περάσῃ μηδὲν ἀλγεινὸν παθών → Count no man blessed 'til he's passed the endpoint of his life without grievous suffering. (Sophocles, King Oedipus 1529f.)
Latin > English
vafer vafra, vafrum ADJ :: sly, cunning, crafty
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
văfer: fra, frum, adj.,
I sly, cunning, crafty, artful, subtle (class.; syn.: callidus, versutus): (hominis) non aperti, non simplicis, non ingenui, non justi, non viri boni, versuti potius, obscuri, astuti, fallacis, malitiosi, callidi, veteratoris, vafri, Cic. Off. 3, 13, 57: in disputando vafri, id. Rep. 3, 16, 26 (cited ap. Non. 19, 33); Afran. ap. Non. 20, 3; Hor. S. 1, 3, 130; 2, 5, 24; id. C. 3, 7, 12; Ov. H. 20, 30: lingua, Pompon. ap. Non. 19, 32: jus, Hor. S. 2, 2, 131: Flaccus, Pers. 1, 116; 1, 132: ars, Mart. 12, 61, 3: mores Hannibalis, Val. Max. 7, 3, ext. 8: vafra et fallaciosa argumenta, Gell. 7, 3, 34. —Comp., Hier. Ep. 38, 5.—Sup.: Stoicorum somniorum vaferrimus interpres, Cic. N. D. 1, 15, 39: interrogationes, Sen. Ep. 48, 5.—Adv.: vā̆frē, slyly, cunningly, artfully: nihil sane vafre nec malitiose facere conatus est, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 53, § 132: tam vafre Telluri impressum osculum, Val. Max. 7, 3, ext. 2.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
văfer,¹² fra, frum, fin, rusé, subtil, habile, adroit : Cic. Off. 3, 57 ; Nat. 1, 85 ; Att. 1, 19, 8 ; vafrum jus Hor. S. 2, 2, 131, les subtilités du droit, les détours de la chicane, cf. Sen. Ep. 48, 5 ; Gell. 7, 3, 34 || -frior Hier. Ep. 38, 5 ; -ferrimus Cic. Nat. 1, 39.
Latin > German (Georges)
vafer, vafra, vafrum, pfiffig, verschmitzt, in disputatione, Cic.: viri non vafri, Ov.: mores, Val. Max.: ius, schlaue Rechtsgelehrsamkeit, Hor. – cavillentur vafriora licet, Hieron. epist. 38, 5. – somniorum vaferrimus interpres, Cic.: interrogationes vaferrimas struere, Sen. – / Ov. her. 20, 30 gehört iuris zu consulto.
