torquatus
πέτρην κοιλαίνει ρανὶς ὕδατος ἐνδελεχείῃ → constant dropping wears away a stone, constant dripping will wear away the hardest stone, little strokes fell big oaks, constant dripping wears the stone, constant dropping wears the stone, constant dripping will wear away a stone
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
torquātus: a, um, adj. torques,
I adorned with a neck-chain or collar. In gen.: miles, presented with a chain for his bravery, Veg. Mil. 2, 7 fin.: affuit Alecto brevibus torquata colubris, with snakes coiled about her neck, Ov. H. 2, 119: palumbus, the ring-dove, Mart. 13, 67, 1: quid de aliis dicimus, qui calamistratos et torquatos habeant in ministerio, Amhros. Ep. 69, 7.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
(1) torquātus,¹⁵ a, um (torquis), qui porte un collier : [distinction honorifique conférée à un soldat] Veg. Mil. 2, 7 || subst. m. Ambr. Ep. 69, 7 || Alecto torquata colubris Ov. H. 2, 119, Alecto ayant un collier de serpents ; torquatus palumbus Mart. 13, 67, 1, le pigeon à collier, pigeon cravaté.
