infractio
From LSJ
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)
infractĭo: ōnis, f. infringo,
I a breaking to pieces, Prisc. 1282 P.—
II Trop., a weakening: infractio et demissio animi, despondency, Cic. Tusc. 3, 7, 14.
