subnervo
ἀλλ᾽ οὐδὲ εἷς τέκτων ὀχυρὰν οὕτως ἐποίησεν θύραν, δι᾽ἧς γαλῆ καὶ μοιχὸς οὐκ εἰσέρχεται → but no carpenter ever made a door so secure that a weasel or a womanizer could not pass through it
Latin > English
subnervo subnervare, subnervavi, subnervatus V TRANS :: hamstring; (cut sinew in leg); invalidate (L+S); refute
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
subnervo: āvi, 1, v. a. sub-nervus, to cut the sinew beneath,
I to hamstring, hough (post-class.).
I Taurum, Tert. adv. Jud. 10 med.: equos, Vulg. Jos. 11, 6: jugales, id. 2 Reg. 8, 4.—*
II Trop., to invalidate, refute: calumnias, App. Mag. p. 327.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
subnervō, āvī, āre (sub, nervus), tr., couper les nerfs des jambes : Tert. Jud. 10 || [fig.] couper court à : Apul. Apol. 84.
Latin > German (Georges)
subnervo, āvī, āre (sub u. nervus) = νευροκοπῶ (Gloss. II, 375, 60), unten die Sehnen einschneiden, durch Zerschneiden der Sehnen lähmen, taurum, alcis equum, Eccl. – bildl., calumnias, entkräften, Apul. apol. 84.
