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According to [[Hesiod]] and [[Aeschylus]], she lived and died on an island named [[Sarpedon]], somewhere near Cisthene. The 2nd-century BC novelist Dionysios Skytobrachion puts her somewhere in [[Libya]], where [[Herodotus]] had said the Berbers originated her myth, as part of their religion. | According to [[Hesiod]] and [[Aeschylus]], she lived and died on an island named [[Sarpedon]], somewhere near Cisthene. The 2nd-century BC novelist Dionysios Skytobrachion puts her somewhere in [[Libya]], where [[Herodotus]] had said the Berbers originated her myth, as part of their religion. | ||
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af: Medusa; ar: ميدوسا; ast: Medusa; az: Qorqona Meduza; ba: Медуза горгона; be: Гаргона Медуза; bg: Медуза; bn: মেডুসা; br: Medousa; bs: Meduza; ca: Medusa; co: Medusa; cs: Medúsa; cy: Medwsa; da: Medusa; de: Medusa; el: Μέδουσα; en: Medusa; eo: Meduzo; es: Medusa; eu: Medusa; fa: مدوسا; fi: Medusa; fr: Méduse; ga: Meadúsa; gl: Medusa; got: 𐌼𐌰𐌹𐌳𐌿𐍃𐌰; he: מדוזה; hr: Meduza; hu: Medusa; hy: Գորգոն Մեդուզա; id: Medusa; io: Meduzo; is: Medúsa; it: Medusa; ja: メドゥーサ; ka: მედუზა; kk: Горгона Медуза; ko: 메두사; la: Medusa; lo: ເມດູສາ; lt: Medūza; lv: Medūza; mk: Медуза; ml: മെഡൂസ; ms: Medusa; my: မက်ဒူဆာ; nl: Medusa; no: Medusa; oc: Medusa; pa: ਮੈਡੂਸਾ; pl: Meduza; pt: Medusa; ro: Medusa; ru: Горгона Медуза; sco: Medusa; sh: Meduza; simple: Medusa; si: මෙඩූසා; sk: Medúza; sl: Meduza; sq: Medusa; sr: Медуза; sv: Medusa; sw: Madusa; ta: மெடூசா; th: เมดูซา; tl: Medusa; tr: Medusa; tt: Медуза Горгона; uk: Медуза; vi: Medusa; war: Medusa; wuu: 美杜莎; zh_yue: 美杜莎; zh: 美杜莎 | af: Medusa; ar: ميدوسا; ast: Medusa; az: Qorqona Meduza; ba: Медуза горгона; be: Гаргона Медуза; bg: Медуза; bn: মেডুসা; br: Medousa; bs: Meduza; ca: Medusa; co: Medusa; cs: Medúsa; cy: Medwsa; da: Medusa; de: Medusa; el: Μέδουσα; en: Medusa; eo: Meduzo; es: Medusa; eu: Medusa; fa: مدوسا; fi: Medusa; fr: Méduse; ga: Meadúsa; gl: Medusa; got: 𐌼𐌰𐌹𐌳𐌿𐍃𐌰; he: מדוזה; hr: Meduza; hu: Medusa; hy: Գորգոն Մեդուզա; id: Medusa; io: Meduzo; is: Medúsa; it: Medusa; ja: メドゥーサ; ka: მედუზა; kk: Горгона Медуза; ko: 메두사; la: Medusa; lo: ເມດູສາ; lt: Medūza; lv: Medūza; mk: Медуза; ml: മെഡൂസ; ms: Medusa; my: မက်ဒူဆာ; nl: Medusa; no: Medusa; oc: Medusa; pa: ਮੈਡੂਸਾ; pl: Meduza; pt: Medusa; ro: Medusa; ru: Горгона Медуза; sco: Medusa; sh: Meduza; simple: Medusa; si: මෙඩූසා; sk: Medúza; sl: Meduza; sq: Medusa; sr: Медуза; sv: Medusa; sw: Madusa; ta: மெடூசா; th: เมดูซา; tl: Medusa; tr: Medusa; tt: Медуза Горгона; uk: Медуза; vi: Medusa; war: Medusa; wuu: 美杜莎; zh_yue: 美杜莎; zh: 美杜莎 | ||
Revision as of 09:38, 2 June 2021
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
Gorgo: ŏnis, or -gūs (also Gorgŏna, ae, Prud. στεφ. 10, 278), f., = Γοργώ,
I a daughter of Phorcus, called Medusa, whose hair consisted of snakes, and who turned all she looked upon to stone; she was killed by Perseus. Her head was fixed on the shield of Pallas, and from her blood sprang the winged horse Pegasus, Ov. M. 4, 699; 5, 180; 202; Verg. A. 2, 616; 8, 438; Val. Fl. 3, 54; Mart. 9, 26, 5; Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 56, § 124.—In apposition: ora Medusae Gorgonis anguineis cincta fuisse comis, Ov. Tr. 4, 7, 12.— Plur., the Gorgons, the three daughters of Phorcus, Stheno, Euryale, and Medusa, all of whom are described as above, Verg. A. 6, 289; Plin. 6, 31, 36, § 200; Mart. 10, 4, 9. —
II Derivv.
A Gorgŏnĕus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Gorgon, Gorgonian: crines, Ov. M. 4, 801; 5, 196: domus, the dwelling of Gorgon, id. ib. 4, 779: ignis, id. A. A. 3, 504: venena, i. e. snaky hair like that of Gorgon, Verg. A. 7, 341: equus, i. e. Pegasus, Ov. F. 3, 450; Stat. Th. 4, 61: caballus, the same, Juv. 3, 118.—Hence also: lacus, the fountain Hippocrene, on Mount Helicon, which burst forth where Pegasus struck the ground with his hoof, Prop. 3, 3 (4, 2), 32.—
B Gorgŏnĭa, ae, f., coral (which hardens in the air), Plin. 37, 10, 59, § 164.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
(2) Gorgō,¹³ v. Gorgones.
Latin > German (Georges)
(1) Gorgō1, gonis, f. (Γοργώ), Plur. Gorgones, Akk. gonas, die drei Töchter des Phorkus (Stheno, Euryale und Medusa), furchtbare, geflügelte, schlangenbehaarte und mit Schlangen gegürtete Jungfrauen, deren Anblick in Stein verwandelte, unter ihnen die furchtbarste Medusa (vorzugsw. Gorgo gen.), Mutter des Pegasus von Poseidon, der Perseus, von Polydektes entsendet, das Haupt abhieb, das Athene (Minerva) erhielt und auf ihrem Schilde oder auf ihrem Brustharnische trug, Sing., Ov. met. 4, 699. Verg. Aen. 2, 616. Manil. 5, 577: os Gorgonis, Medusenhaupt, Cic. Verr. 4, 124 (vgl. Sidon. carm. 15, 7 Gorgo [die G. = das Medusenhaupt] tenet pectus medium): Genet. Gorgonos, Claud. rapt. Proserp. 2, 26, vulg. Gorgonus, Corp. inscr. Lat. 4, 2089: Akk. Gorgona, Verg. Aen. 8, 438. Fulg. myth. 3, 1. p. 103 M. – Plur., Verg. Aen. 6, 289. Plin. 6, 200: Akk. Gorgonas, Mart. 10, 4, 9. – Nbf. Gorgōn, Lucan. 9, 658. Stat. Theb. 2, 717. Mart. 9, 25, 5. Hyg. fab. praef. p. 12, 16 Schm. u. Hyg. fab. 161. p. 25, 12 Schm. – spät. Gorgona, ae, f. (Γοργόνα), Prud. perist. 10, 278. Hyg. astr. 2, 12. Serv. Verg. Aen. 6, 289. – Dav.: A) Gorgoneus, a, um, gorgonëisch, medusisch, caput, Vitr.: crinis, Ov.: venenis Gorgoneis infecta, mit vergifteten Schlangenhaaren, wie Medusa, Verg.: equus, Pegasus, Ov.: lacus, die durch den Hufschlag des Pegasus entsprungene Quelle Hippokrene am Helikon, Prop. – B) Gorgonia, ae, f., die Koralle, weil sie, an die Luft gebracht, sogleich sich verhärtet, Plin. 37, 164.
