aduncus
ἐν πίθῳ ἡ κεραμεία γιγνομένη → trying to run before you can walk, the potter's art starting on a big jar
Latin > English
aduncus adunca, aduncum ADJ :: bent, curved, hooked, crooked
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
ăd-uncus: a, um, adj.,
I bent in the manner of a hook, hooked: nasus, a hooked or aquiline nose, * Ter. Heaut. 5, 5, 18 (on the contr. reduncus nasus, a snub or turned-up nose): serrula adunca ex omni parte dentium et tortuosa, Cic. Clu. 48: corpuscula curvata et quasi adunca, id. N. D. 1, 24: ungues, id. Tusc. 2, 10: baculum aduncum tenens, quem lituum appellaverunt, Liv. 1, 18: aliis cornua adunca, aliis redunca, Plin. 11, 37, 45, § 125.—Poet.: magni praepes adunca Jovis, i. e. the eagle, Ov. F. 6, 196.—Comp., sup., and adv. not used.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
ăduncus,¹² a, um, crochu, recourbé : [en parl. du nez] Ter. Haut. 1062 ; des dents] Ov. M. 11, 775 ; Plin. 8, 95 ; des ongles] Cic. Tusc. 2, 24 ; Ov. M. 13, 613 ; [de la main] Virg. G. 2, 365 || [de scie] Cic. Clu. 180 ; [bâton] Liv. 1, 18, 7 ; [charrue] Ov. M. 2, 286 || præpes Jovis adunca Ov. F. 6, 196, l’oiseau de Jupiter aux serres crochues [aigle].
Latin > German (Georges)
ad-uncus, a, um, hackenförmig einwärts gekrümmt, eingebogen (Ggstz. reduncus), dentes (draconis), Cornif. rhet.: nasus, Habichtsnase, Ter. u. Suet.: unguis, Cic.: rostra, Col.: serrula, Cic.: baculum, Liv.: aratrum, Ov.: ferrum, Veget. – praepes Iovis adunca heißt der Adler wegen seines einwärts gebogenen Schnabels, Ov.
