Popilius
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 (Lewis & Short)
Popĭlĭus: (Popill-), i, m., and Popi-lĭa (Popill-), ae, f.,
I the name of a Roman gens. So esp.,
1 M. Popillius Laenas, a consul A. U.C. 395, Cic. Brut. 14, 56.—
2 C. Popilius Laenas, the assassin of Cicero, Liv. Epit. 120; Sen. Suas. 7.—
3 In fem.: Popilia, the wife of Q. Catulus, Cic. de Or. 2, 11, 44.— Hence,
II Popĭlĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to a Popilius, Popilian: gens, Cic. Leg. 2, 22, 55.
