frugifer
βορβόρῳ δ' ὕδωρ λαμπρὸν μιαίνων οὔποθ' εὑρήσεις ποτόν → once limpid waters are stained with mud, you'll never find a drink
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
frūgĭfer: ĕra, ĕrum (archaic
I gen. sing. fem. frugiferaï, Enn. ap. Charis. p. 7 P.; cf. Mart. 11, 90, 5, and
v. infra), adj. frux + fero, fruit-bearing, fruitful, fertile (class.).
I Lit.: ut agri non omnes frugiferi sunt, qui coluntur, sic animi non omnes culti fructum ferunt, Cic. Tusc. 2, 5, 13: terraï frugiferaï, Enn. ap. Charis. p. 7 P. (Ann. v. 479 Vahl.); hence comically used to denote Ennius himself: attonitus legis Terraï frugiferaï, Mart. 11, 90, 5: spatia frugifera et immensa camporum, Cic. N. D. 2, 64, 161: et ferta arva Asiae, Poët. ap. Cic. Or. 49, 163: cedrus, Plin. 13, 5, 11, § 53: nuces, Ov. de Nuce, 19: messes, id. M. 5, 656: numen, i. e. Ceres, id. P. 2, 1, 15; so, Frugifer, an appellation of Osiris among the Egyptians, Arn. 6, 196.—
II Trop., fruitful, profitable: cum tota philosophia frugifera et fructuosa nec ulla pars ejus inculta ac deserta sit, tum nullus feracior in ea locus nec uberior quam de officiis, Cic. Off. 3, 2, 5: hoc illud est praecipue in cognitione rerum salubre ac frugiferum, te, etc., Liv. praef. § 10.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
frūgĭfĕr,¹² ĕra, ĕrum (frux, fero), qui produit des fruits, fertile, fécond : Cic. Tusc. 2, 13 ; Nat. 2, 161 || [fig.] fructueux, utile : Cic. Off. 3, 5 ; Liv. præf. 10.
