infirmatio
δρυὸς πεσούσης πᾶς ἀνὴρ ξυλεύεται → when the oak falls, everyone cuts wood | when an oak has fallen, every man gathers wood | on the fall of an oak, every man gathers wood | when an oak has fallen, every man becomes a woodcutter | one takes advantage of somebody who has lost his strength | one takes advantage of somebody who has lost his power | when the tree is fallen, every man goes to it with his hatchet
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
infirmātĭo: ōnis. f. 1. infirmo,
I a weakening, invalidating.
I Rerum judicatarum, Cic. Agr. 2, 3, 8; 2, 4, 10.—
II Transf., a refuting, disproving: judicatio est, quae ex infirmatione et confirmatione rationis nascitur controversia, Cic. Inv. 1, 13, 18; 2, 21, 62.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
īnfirmātĭō,¹⁵ ōnis, f. (infirmo), action d’affaiblir, d’infirmer : Cic. Agr. 2, 8 || réfutation : Cic. Inv. 1, 18.
