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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
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|lshtext=<b>cymbălum</b>: i, n. (<br /><b>I</b> gen. plur. [[cymbalum]], Cat. 63, 21), = [[κύμβαλον]] | |lshtext=<b>cymbălum</b>: i, n. (<br /><b>I</b> gen. plur. [[cymbalum]], Cat. 63, 21), = [[κύμβαλον]], a [[cymbal]].<br /><b>I</b> Prop., an [[instrument]] consisting of [[two]] [[hollow]] plates of [[brass]], [[which]] [[emit]] a [[ringing]] [[sound]] [[when]] struck [[together]]. They were used in the festivals of [[Cybele]] and [[Bacchus]], and on [[other]] [[festive]] occasions; also to [[hinder]] the [[flight]] of bees, etc. (usu. in plur.), Lucr. 2, 619; Cat. 63, 21; 63, 29; Ov. F. 4, 213; Verg. G. 4, 64; Liv. 39, 8; Cic. Pis. 9, 20 sq.; Plin. 5, 1, 1, § 7; Quint. 11, 3, 59; Plin. Ep. 2, 14, 13.—<br /> <b>B</b> Transf., in hydraulics, a [[sounding]] [[basin]] of [[similar]] form, a [[bell]], Vitr. 10, 8, 5.—<br /><b>II</b> Trop.: Apion Grammaticus, hic quem [[Tiberius]] [[Caesar]] [[cymbalum]] mundi vocabat, i. e. as [[making]] the [[world]] [[ring]] [[with]] his [[ostentatious]] disputations, Plin. H. N. praef. § 25; cf. Verg. Cat. 7, 5 Wagn.; App. Orth. § 8 p. 129 Mai. | ||
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Revision as of 09:32, 13 August 2017
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
cymbălum: i, n. (
I gen. plur. cymbalum, Cat. 63, 21), = κύμβαλον, a cymbal.
I Prop., an instrument consisting of two hollow plates of brass, which emit a ringing sound when struck together. They were used in the festivals of Cybele and Bacchus, and on other festive occasions; also to hinder the flight of bees, etc. (usu. in plur.), Lucr. 2, 619; Cat. 63, 21; 63, 29; Ov. F. 4, 213; Verg. G. 4, 64; Liv. 39, 8; Cic. Pis. 9, 20 sq.; Plin. 5, 1, 1, § 7; Quint. 11, 3, 59; Plin. Ep. 2, 14, 13.—
B Transf., in hydraulics, a sounding basin of similar form, a bell, Vitr. 10, 8, 5.—
II Trop.: Apion Grammaticus, hic quem Tiberius Caesar cymbalum mundi vocabat, i. e. as making the world ring with his ostentatious disputations, Plin. H. N. praef. § 25; cf. Verg. Cat. 7, 5 Wagn.; App. Orth. § 8 p. 129 Mai.
