caesura
From LSJ
Ζήσεις βίον κράτιστον, ἢν θυμοῦ κρατῇς → Vives bene, si sis vacuus iracundia → Am besten lebst du, wenn du deinen Zorn beherrschst
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
caesūra: ae, f. caedo
I A cutting, felling, hewing, hewing off ligni, Plin. 16, 43, 84, § 230; silvae, id. 17, 20, 34, § 151—
B Meton. (abstr. pro concr.), that which is hewn or cut off, Plin. 8, 26, 40, § 96.—
II In metre, a pause in a verse, cœsura; called also incisio, Diom. p. 496 P.; Bed. Metr. p. 2368 ib.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
cæsūra, æ, f. (cædo),
1 action de couper, coupe : cæsura silvæ Plin. 17, 150, coupe d’un bois
2 coupure, endroit où une chose est coupée : Plin. 8, 96
