inventor
ὁ χρόνος ἐστὶ δάνος, τὸ ζῆν πικρός ἐσθ' ὁ δανίσας → time is a loan, and he who lent you life is a hard creditor | time is on loan and life's lender is a prick
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
substantive
deviser: P. and V. δημιουργός, ὁ, τέκτων, ὁ. V. ῥαφεύς, ὁ.
Latin > English
inventor inventoris N M :: inventor; author; discoverer
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
inventor: ōris, m. invenio,
I one that finds out, a contriver, author, discoverer, inventor (class.): o mearum voluptatum omnium Inventor, inceptor, perfector, Ter. Eun. 5, 9, 5: Aristaeus, qui olivae dicitur inventor, Cic. N. D. 3, 18, 45: veritatis, id. Fin. 1, 10, 32: disputationum, id. de Or. 1, 11, 47: omnium artium, Caes. B. G. 6, 16: scelerum, Verg. A. 2, 164 al.: inventor legis Volero, proposer, Liv. 2, 56: Stoicorum, founder, Cic. Ac. 2, 42, 131.— Absol.: artes inventoribus afferunt laudem, Quint. 3, 7, 18; 8, 6, 23 Zumpt N. cr.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
inventŏr,¹² ōris, m. (invenio), celui qui trouve, qui découvre, inventeur, auteur : Cic. Fin. 1, 32 ; Nat. 3, 45 ; Cæs. G. 6, 16 || legis Liv. 2, 56, 6, auteur d’une loi ; Stoicorum Cic. Ac. 2, 131, fondateur du Stoïcisme.
Latin > German (Georges)
inventor, ōris, m. (invenio), der Erfinder, Urheber, Archimedes inventor ac machinator bellicorum tormentorum operumque, Liv.: Liber inv. vini, Sen.: inv. voluptatum, Ter.: novorum verborum, Cic.: legis, Liv.: legum, Firm.: Zeno, qui inventor et princeps Stoicorum fuit, Cic.
