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Κινδυνεύουσι γὰρ ὅσοι τυγχάνουσιν ὀρθῶς ἁπτόμενοι φιλοσοφίας λεληθέναι τοὺς ἄλλους ὅτι οὐδὲν ἄλλο αὐτοὶ ἐπιτηδεύουσιν ἢ ἀποθνῄσκειν τε καὶ τεθνάναι → Actually, the rest of us probably haven't realized that those who manage to pursue philosophy as it should be pursued are practicing nothing else but dying and being dead (Socrates via Plato, Phaedo 64a.5)
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|georg=basanitēs, ae, m. ([[βασανίτης]] = [[βάσανος]], [[Probierstein]]), [[ein]] [[sehr]] harter, zum [[Prüfen]], zu Wetzsteinen und Mörsern dienender [[Stein]], wahrsch. [[unser]] [[Basalt]], Plin. 36, 58 u.a. | |georg=basanitēs, ae, m. ([[βασανίτης]] = [[βάσανος]], [[Probierstein]]), [[ein]] [[sehr]] harter, zum [[Prüfen]], zu Wetzsteinen und Mörsern dienender [[Stein]], wahrsch. [[unser]] [[Basalt]], Plin. 36, 58 u.a. | ||
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Revision as of 00:05, 28 February 2019
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
băsănītes lăpis: = βασανιτης βάσανος),
I a touchstone, test-stone, a very hard stone, used as a test for the precious metals, for whetstones, and, in medicine, for mortars, Plin. 36, 20, 38, § 147; 36, 22, 43, § 157; Isid. Orig. 16, 4, 36.—Also basanites alone, Plin. 36, 7, 11, § 58.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
băsănitēs, acc. en, m. (βασανίτης), basalte : Plin. 36, 58 ; 157.
Latin > German (Georges)
basanitēs, ae, m. (βασανίτης = βάσανος, Probierstein), ein sehr harter, zum Prüfen, zu Wetzsteinen und Mörsern dienender Stein, wahrsch. unser Basalt, Plin. 36, 58 u.a.
Latin > English
basanites basanitae N M :: kind of quartz used in touchstones/whetstones/mortars (basanite?); teststone
