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οὐ δικαίως θάνατον ἔχθουσιν βροτοί, ὅσπερ μέγιστον ῥῦμα τῶν πολλῶν κακῶν → unjustly men hate death, which is the greatest defence against their many ills | men are not right in hating death, which is the greatest succour from our many ills
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|gf=(1) <b>hўdrus</b> <b>(-drŏs)</b>, ī, m. ([[ὕδρος]]), hydre, serpent d’eau : Virg. G. 4, 458 || pl., serpents des Furies : Virg. En. 7, 447 || venin : Sil. 1, 322 || le Serpentaire [constellation] : Germ. Arat. 429. | |gf=(1) <b>hўdrus</b> <b>(-drŏs)</b>, ī, m. ([[ὕδρος]]), hydre, serpent d’eau : Virg. G. 4, 458 || pl., serpents des Furies : Virg. En. 7, 447 || venin : Sil. 1, 322 || le Serpentaire [constellation] : Germ. Arat. 429.||pl., serpents des Furies : Virg. En. 7, 447||venin : Sil. 1, 322||le Serpentaire [constellation] : Germ. Arat. 429. | ||
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Revision as of 07:39, 14 August 2017
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
hydrus: or -os, i, m., = ὕδρος,
I a water-serpent, serpent (cf.: chelydrus, chersydrus, anguis, serpens).
I Lit., Plin. 29, 4, 22, § 72; Verg. G. 4, 458; id. A. 7, 753; Ov. M. 13, 804: marini, Plin. 6, 23, 26, § 98. In the hair of the Furies, of Medusa, etc., Verg. A. 7, 447; Val. Fl. 2, 195; Ov. M. 4, 800; hence poet. transf.: nam si Vergilio puer et tolerabile desit Hospitium, caderent omnes a crinibus hydri, i. e. all his poetic fire would have come to naught (referring to his description of the Furies, A. 7, 415 and 447), Juv. 7, 70.—
II Transf.
A The poison of a serpent, Sil. 1, 322.—
B Hydros, i, the constellation of the Waterserpent, called also Anguis and Hydra, German. Arat. 429.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
(1) hўdrus (-drŏs), ī, m. (ὕδρος), hydre, serpent d’eau : Virg. G. 4, 458 || pl., serpents des Furies : Virg. En. 7, 447 || venin : Sil. 1, 322 || le Serpentaire [constellation] : Germ. Arat. 429.
