redemptura

From LSJ

ὕδωρ δὲ πίνων οὐδὲν ἂν τέκοι σοφόν → by drinking water you would never create anything great

Source

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

rĕdemptūra: ae, f. redimo,
I an undertaking of public deliverings by contract, a contracting, farming (very rare): qui redempturis auxissent patrimonia, Liv. 23, 48 fin.: redempturis faciendis, Dig. 14, 3, 5; cf. Becker, Antiq. 2, 1, p. 270, and 3, 2, p. 217.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

rĕdēmptūra, æ, f. (redimo), adjudication ou entreprise de travaux publics : Liv. 23, 48, 10.

Latin > German (Georges)

redēmptūra, ae, f. (redimo), die Übernahme einer Sache, die Pachtübernahme, redempturis auxisse patrimonia, Liv. 23, 48, 10: mercaturas redempturasque facere, Ulp. dig. 14, 3, 5. § 2.

Latin > Chinese

redemptura, ae. f. :: 包錢糧之事