concavus
ὅπου ἡ λεοντῆ μὴ ἐφικνεῖται, προσραπτέον ἐκεῖ τὴν ἀλωπεκῆν → if a lionskin doesn't do the trick, put on the fox | if force doesn't work, try cunning | where the lion's skin will not reach, it must be patched out with the fox's
Latin > English
concavus concava, concavum ADJ :: hollow/hollowed out; concave/curving inward; arched; bent/curved; sunken (eyes)
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
con-căvus: a, um,
I adj., hollow, concave; arched, vaulted; bent, curved: cymbala, Lucr. 2, 619; cf.: concava aera, Ov. M. 4, 30: loca terrae, Lucr. 5, 1255: altitudines speluncarum, Cic. N. D. 2, 39, 98: saxa, Verg. G. 4, 49: vallis, Ov. M. 8, 334: bracchia Cancri, id. ib. 10, 127; 15, 369: jugula, Cic. Fat. 5, 10: manus (opp. plana), Sen. Ep. 56, 1: dentes, Plin. 11, 37, 61, § 162: folia, id. 16, 24, 38, § 92: aqua, swelling, Ov. Tr. 1, 11, 20: puppis, id. F. 4, 276: vela, id. H. 6, 66: ulcus, Scrib. Comp. 238.—
II Subst.: con-căva, ōrum, n., hollow places, hollows (postclass.), Claud. III. Cons. Hon. 47; Lact. 7, 26.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
concăvus,¹² a, um, creux et rond, concave : Cato Agr. 48, 2 ; Cic. Nat. 2, 98 ; Fato 10 ; concava æra Ov. M. 4, 30, cymbales ; concava aqua Ov. Tr. 1, 11, 20, la vague || concăvum, ī, n., concavité : Lact. Opif. 15, 2 || concăva, ōrum, n., ravins, abîmes : Claud. 3 Cons. Hon. 45.
Latin > German (Georges)
con-cavus, a, um, rings od. rund hohl, -gehöhlt, gewölbt, gekrümmt, c. altitudines speluncarum, Cic.: saxa, Verg.: vallis, Ov.: concavi vallium sinus, Plin.: c. oculi, Cels.: c. dentes (Ggstz. d. solidi), Plin.: c. speculum, Hohlspiegel, Sen.: calvaria incipit ex interiore parte concava, extrinsecus gibba, Cels.: scire velle, utrum luna globosa sit, an concava, Lact.: c. brachia cancri, Ov.: manus c. (Ggstz. manus plana), Sen.: aqua c., aufwallend, Ov. – subst., concavum, ī, n., die Höhlung, palati, Lact. de opif. 10, 17. Sidon. ep. 8, 9: cicutae, Lact. de opif. 15, 2: c. inane, Prud. perist. 10, 977: Plur., valles et concava, Claud. III. cons. Hon. 47: concava terrae, Lact. 7, 26.
