subnervo
From LSJ
Μέμνησο νέος ὤν, ὡς γέρων ἔσῃ ποτέ → Iuvenis memento te fore aliquando senem → Bedenke jung schon, dass dereinst ein Greis du bist
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
subnervo: āvi, 1, v. a. sub-nervus, to cut the sinew beneath,
I to hamstring, hough (post-class.).
I Taurum, Tert. adv. Jud. 10 med.: equos, Vulg. Jos. 11, 6: jugales, id. 2 Reg. 8, 4.—*
II Trop., to invalidate, refute: calumnias, App. Mag. p. 327.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
subnervō, āvī, āre (sub, nervus), tr., couper les nerfs des jambes : Tert. Jud. 10 || [fig.] couper court à : Apul. Apol. 84.
