lucubratio
ὦ δυσπάλαιστον γῆρας, ὡς μισῶ σ' ἔχων, μισῶ δ' ὅσοι χρῄζουσιν ἐκτείνειν βίον, βρωτοῖσι καὶ ποτοῖσι καὶ μαγεύμασι παρεκτρέποντες ὀχετὸν ὥστε μὴ θανεῖν: οὓς χρῆν, ἐπειδὰν μηδὲν ὠφελῶσι γῆν, θανόντας ἔρρειν κἀκποδὼν εἶναι νέοις → Old age, resistless foe, how do I loathe your presence! Them too I loathe, whoever desire to lengthen out the span of life, seeking to turn the tide of death aside by food and drink and magic spells; those whom death should take away to leave the young their place, when they no more can benefit the world
Latin > English
lucubratio lucubrationis N F :: work-by-nightlamp; nocturnal study
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
lūcū̆brātĭo: ōnis, f. lucubro,
I a working by lamp-light, night-work, nocturnal study, lucubration.
I Lit.: per hiemem lucubratione haec facito, Cato, R. R. 37: lucubrationes detraxi, Cic. Div. 2, 68, 142: ista sunt tota commenticia, vix digna lucubratione anicularum, hardly worth the evening gossip of old women, id. N. D. 1, 34, 94: cannabis lucubrationibus decorticata purgatur, Plin. 19, 9, 56, § 174: est enim lucubratio, quoties ad eam integri ac refecti venimus, optimum secreti genus, Quint. 10, 3, 27: et vigilandae noctes, et fuligo lucubrationum bibenda, id. 11, 3, 23. —
II Transf., any thing done or composed at night, night-work, lucubration: perire lucubrationem meam nolui, i. e. epistolam noctu scriptam, Cic. Fam. 9, 2, 1.—As title of a work by Bibaculus, Plin. praef. § 24.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
lūcŭbrātĭō,¹⁵ ōnis, f. (lucubro), travail de nuit : Cato Agr. 37 ; Cic. Div. 2, 142 || toute chose faite de nuit : Cic. Fam. 9, 2, 1.
Latin > German (Georges)
lūcubrātio, ōnis, f. (lucubro), das Arbeiten bei Licht, die Nachtarbeit, das Nachtsitzen, das Sitzen und Studieren bei Nacht, I) eig.: in lucubratione od. per lucubrationem, bei Lichte, Colum.: vix digna lucubratione anicularum, kaum wert, daß sie sich die alten Weiber abends beim Spinnrocken erzählen, Cic. – Plur., vox infuscata lucubrationibus, Sen.: lucubrationes detraxi et meridiationes addidi, Cic. – II) meton., das bei Licht Verfertigte, die Nachtarbeit, perire lucubrationem meam nolui, Cic. ep. 9, 2, 1: als Titel einer Schrift des Bibakulus Plin. praef. § 24.
Latin > Chinese
lucubratio, onis. f. :: 夜工。仔細。— vespertina 夜工。— antelucana 淸早工。 Per lucubrationem ferramenta acuere 夜磨利器具。
