fluctuosus
κρατίστην εἶναι δημοκρατίαν τὴν μήτε πλουσίους ἄγαν μήτε πένητας ἔχουσαν πολίτας → the best democracy is that in which the citizens are neither very rich nor very poor (Thales/Plutarch)
Latin > English
fluctuosus fluctuosa, fluctuosum ADJ :: full of waves, stormy
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
fluctŭōsus: a, um, adj. fluctus,
I full of waves, billowy (very rare).
I Lit.: in mari fluctuoso, i. e. stormy, Plaut. Rud. 4, 2, 5.—
II Transf., with wave-like streaks: smaragdi, Plin. 37, 5, 18, § 71.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
flūctŭōsus, a, um (fluctus), aux flots agités [en parl. de la mer], orageux : Pl. Rud. 910 || [fig.] ondé, veiné : Plin. 37, 71.
Latin > German (Georges)
flūctuōsus, a, um (fluctus), I) voller Wellen, stürmisch, mare, Plaut. rud. 910. – II) übtr., wellenförmig gezeichnet, zmaragdus, Plin. 37, 71.
Latin > Chinese
fluctuosus, a, um. adj. :: 浪多者。起風 暴。Fluctuosi smaragdi 浪花之寶石。
