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|lshtext=<b>Ocnus</b>: or -os, = Ὄκνος ([[sloth]]).<br /><b>I</b> The [[founder]] of the [[city]] of [[Mantua]], Verg. A. 10, 198.—<br /><b>II</b> An [[allegorical]] [[picture]] of Socrales the [[painter]], [[which]] represented a [[man]] twisting a [[rope]], [[while]] an [[ass]] kept [[gnawing]] it [[apart]], Plin. 35, 11, 40, § 137.—Hence, prov., of [[labor]] in [[vain]], [[which]] [[never]] [[comes]] to an [[end]], Prop. 4, 3, 21. | |lshtext=<b>Ocnus</b>: or -os, = Ὄκνος ([[sloth]]).<br /><b>I</b> The [[founder]] of the [[city]] of [[Mantua]], Verg. A. 10, 198.—<br /><b>II</b> An [[allegorical]] [[picture]] of Socrales the [[painter]], [[which]] represented a [[man]] twisting a [[rope]], [[while]] an [[ass]] kept [[gnawing]] it [[apart]], Plin. 35, 11, 40, § 137.—Hence, prov., of [[labor]] in [[vain]], [[which]] [[never]] [[comes]] to an [[end]], Prop. 4, 3, 21. | ||
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|gf=<b>Ocnus</b>,¹⁵ ī, m. (Ὄκνος), [[Ocnus]] [fondateur de Mantoue] : Virg. En. 10, 198 || personnage allégorique, pris pour type de l’indolence : Plin. 35, 137 ; Prop. 4, 3, 21. | |||
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Revision as of 06:59, 14 August 2017
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
Ocnus: or -os, = Ὄκνος (sloth).
I The founder of the city of Mantua, Verg. A. 10, 198.—
II An allegorical picture of Socrales the painter, which represented a man twisting a rope, while an ass kept gnawing it apart, Plin. 35, 11, 40, § 137.—Hence, prov., of labor in vain, which never comes to an end, Prop. 4, 3, 21.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
Ocnus,¹⁵ ī, m. (Ὄκνος), Ocnus [fondateur de Mantoue] : Virg. En. 10, 198
