concentus
πενία μόνα τὰς τέχνας ἐγείρει → poverty alone promotes skilled work, necessity is the mother of invention, necessity is the mother of all invention, poverty is the mother of invention, out of necessity comes invention, out of necessity came invention, frugality is the mother of invention
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
concentus: ūs, m. concino,
I sounds blending harmoniously together, symphony, harmony, harmonious music (class.).
I Prop.
A In gen.: ille sonus...qui acuta cum gravibus temperans varios aequabiliter concentus efficit, Cic. Rep. 6, 18, 18: concentum servare, id. Fin. 4, 27, 75: vocis lyraeque, Ov. M. 11, 11: avium, Cic. Leg. 1, 7, 21; Verg. G. 1, 422 (quoted in Quint. 5, 9, 16); cf.: et tepidum volucres concentibus aëra mulcent, Ov. F. 1, 155: tubarum ac cornuum, Liv. 9, 41, 17; Quint. 1, 10, 14; cf. signorum, id. 9, 4, 11 (al. congestu, id. 10, 7, 16; v. Spald., Wolf, and Zumpt, dub.): rauci, Stat. Th. 6, 227.—
2 Meton., of a choir singing in harmony, Cic. de Or. 3, 80, 196.—
B In partic., a concordant acclamation of people in a theatre, Plin. Pan. 2, 6; 46, 2.—
II Trop., concord, agreement, harmony, unanimity (also class.): quā ex conjunctione naturae et quasi concentu atque consensu, quam συμπάθειαν Graeci vocant, etc., Cic. Div. 2, 14, 34; cf. actionum, id. Off. 1, 40, 145; and: omnium doctrinarum, id. de Or. 3, 6, 21: virtutis, Tac. G. 3: omnium laudum, Plin. Pan. 4, 6: nunc age, quid nostrum concentnm dividat audi, * Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 31.—Of the harmony of colors, Plin. 37, 6, 24, § 91; and of the blending of sweet odors, Plin. 12, 19, 42, § 86 (Sillig, conceptum).
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
concentŭs,¹² ūs, m. (concino),
1 accord de voix ou d’instruments, concert : concentus avium Virg. G. 1, 422, concert d’oiseaux ; concentus lyræ et vocis Ov. M. 11, 11, accord de la voix et de la lyre ; concentus efficere Cic. Rep. 6, 18, produire des accords
