subabsurdus
From LSJ
οὐ σύ με λοιδορεῖς, ἀλλ᾿ ὁ τόπος → it is not thou who mockest me, but the roof on which thou art standing (Aesop)
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
sŭb-absurdus: a, um, adj.,
I somewhat or rather absurd (Ciceronian): sunt illa subabsurda, Cic. de Or. 2, 67, 274: subabsurda dicere, id. ib. 2, 71, 289: tempus discessūs, id. Att. 16, 3, 4: incompositus, reconditus et, quo Cicero utitur, subabsurdus, Quint. 1, 5, 65; cf. id. 6, 3, 23; 6, 3, 99.—Adv.: sŭbabsurdē, somewhat absurdly: aliquid subabsurde dicere, Cic. de Or. 2, 68, 275.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
sŭbabsurdus, a, um, un peu absurde, un peu étrange, un peu inepte : Cic. Att. 16, 3, 4 ; de Or. 2, 274 || pl. n., subabsurda dicere Cic. de Or. 2, 289, dire de feintes naïvetés.
