contabulo
εἰ γάρ κεν καὶ σμικρὸν ἐπὶ σμικρῷ καταθεῖο καὶ θαμὰ τοῦτ᾽ ἔρδοις, τάχα κεν μέγα καὶ τὸ γένοιτο → for if you add only a little to a little and do this often, soon that little will become great (Hesiod W&D, 361-362)
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
con-tăbŭlo: āvi, ātum, 1,
I v. a., to furnish or cover with boards (several times in the histt.; elsewh. rare): turres, Caes. B. G. 5, 40: turres contabulatas machimentaque alia quatiendis muris portabant, i. e. built in stories, Liv. 24, 34, 7: pomaria, Plin. 15, 16, 18, § 59: totum murum ex omni parte turribus, Caes. B. G. 7, 22: pavimentum quernis axibus, Plin. 36, 25, 62, § 187: mare molibus, to furnish with a bridge, to bridge over, Curt. 5, 7, 8; cf. Hellespontum, * Suet. Calig. 19.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
contăbŭlō,¹⁴ āvī, ātum, āre, tr.,
1 garnir de planches, planchéier, munir de planchers = d’étages : turres contabulantur Cæs. G. 5, 40, 6, on munit de planchers (d’étages) les tours ; turres contabulatæ Liv. 24, 34, 7, tours à étages
