teba
From LSJ
τὸν ἀπὸ γραμμᾶς κινεῖν λίθον → move one's man from this line, move a piece from this line, try one's last chance, make a last ditch effort
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
teba: ae, f., an old Latin term, in Varro's time still used among the Sabines, signifying
I a hill: lingua prisca et in Graeciā Aeolis Boeotii sine afflatu vocant colles tebas: et in Sabinis, quo e Graeciā venerunt Pelasgi, etiam nunc ita dicunt: cujus vestigium in agro Sabino via Salaria non longe a Reate milliarius clivus appellatur Thebae, Varr. R. R. 3, 1, 6.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
teba, æ, f. (mot sabin), tertre, colline : Varro R. 3, 1, 6.
