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οὐ γὰρ ἀργίας ὤνιον ἡ ὑγίεια καὶ ἀπραξίας, ἅ γε δὴ μέγιστα κακῶν ταῖς νόσοις πρόσεστι, καὶ οὐδὲν διαφέρει τοῦ τὰ ὄμματα τῷ μὴ διαβλέπειν καὶ τὴν φωνὴν τῷ μὴ φθέγγεσθαι φυλάττοντος ὁ τὴν ὑγίειαν ἀχρηστίᾳ καὶ ἡσυχίᾳ σῴζειν οἰόμενος → for health is not to be purchased by idleness and inactivity, which are the greatest evils attendant on sickness, and the man who thinks to conserve his health by uselessness and ease does not differ from him who guards his eyes by not seeing, and his voice by not speaking
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|georg=Abdēra, ōrum, n. ([[Ἄβδηρα]], τὰ), I) [[Stadt]] in Thracien, Geburtsort [[des]] [[Protagoras]] u. Demokrit, j. Polystilo [[oder]] Asperosa, Liv. 45, 29, 6. Plin. 4, 42, [[berüchtigt]] [[durch]] den [[Stumpfsinn]] u. die Kleinstädterei ihrer [[Einwohner]]; dah. [[hic]] [[Abdera]], Cic. ad Att. 4, 16, 6: u. o [[Abdera]], [[Abdera]], dares quantas vias mortalibus irridendi, Arnob. 5, 12. – Nbf. Abdēra, ae, f., Ov. Ib. 465. Plin. 25, 94. Solin. 10, 10. Vgl. K.F. [[Hermann]] [[Versuch]] [[einer]] urkundl. [[Geschichte]] [[von]] [[Abdera]] (in [[dessen]] Abh. u. Beitr. zur klass. [[Literat]]. S. 106 ff.). – II) [[Stadt]] in Spanien, j. Adra, [[Mela]] 2, 6, 7 (2. § 94). – Dav. a) Abdērītēs, ae, Abl. a, m. ([[Ἀβδηρίτης]]), [[einer]] aus [[Abdera]], [[ein]] Abderit, Laber., Cic. u.a. – b) Abdērītānus, a, um, abderitisch = [[stumpfsinnig]], Mart. 10, 25. | |||
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|wketx=[[Abdera]] (Greek: [[Ἄβδηρα]]) is a municipality in the Xanthi regional unit of Thrace, Greece. In classical antiquity, it was a major Greek polis on the Thracian coast. | |||
The name Abdera is of Phoenician origin and was shared in antiquity by Abdera, Spain and a town near Carthage in North Africa. It was variously Hellenized as Ἄβδηρα (Ábdēra), Αὔδηρα (Aúdēra), Ἄβδαρα (Ábdara), Ἄβδηρον (Ábdēron), and [[Ἄβδηρος]] (Ábdēros), before being Latinized as Abdera. Greek legend attributed the name to an eponymous Abderus who fell nearby and was memorialized by Hercules's founding of a city at the location. | |||
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Abdera was an ancient Carthaginian and Roman port on a hill above the modern Adra on the southeastern Mediterranean coast of Spain. It was located between Malaca (now Málaga) and Carthago Nova (now Cartagena) in the district inhabited by the Bastuli. | |||
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Latest revision as of 11:35, 10 April 2024
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
Ἄβδηρα, τά.
man of Abdera: Ἀβδηρίτης, -ου, ὁ.
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
Abdēra: ōrum, n., and ae, f., =Ἄβὀηρα.
I Abdera, a town on the southern coast of Thrace, not far from the mouth of the Nestus, noted for the stupidity of its inhabitants. It was the birthplace of the philosophers Protagoras, Democritus, and Anaxarchus; n., Liv. 45, 29, 6; Gell. 5, 3, 3; f., Ov. Ib. 469; Plin. 25, 8, 53, § 94 dub.; 4, 11, 18, § 42: hic Abdera, non tacente me, here was Abdera itself, Cic. Att. 4, 17, 3 (4, 16, 6).—
2 Folly, stupidity, madness, Cic. l. l. (cf.: id est Ἀβὀηριτικόν, i. e. stupid, id. Att. 7, 7, 4, and Arn. 5, p. 164; Juv. 10, 50; Mart. 10, 25, 4).—
B Hence, derivv.
1 Abdērīta and Abdērītes, ae, m., =Ἀβὀηριτς, an Abderite: Democritus Abderites, Laber. ap. Gell. 10, 17: Abderites Protagoras, Cic. N. D. 1, 23, 63; cf. id. Brut. 8: de Protagora Abderita, id. de Or. 3, 32, 128: Abderitae legati, Liv. 43, 4, 8; cf. id. § 12 sq.; Vitr. 7, 5, 6; Just. 15, 2 al.—
2 Ab-dērītānus, a, um, adj., of Abdera, meton. for stupid, foolish: Abderitanae pectora plebis habes, Mart. 10, 25, 4.—
II A city of Hispania Baetlca, on the southern coast, now Adra, Mel. 2, 6, 7; Plin. 3, 1, 3, § 8.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
Abdēra,¹⁶ æ, f., Cic. Att. 4, 17, 3 ; Plin. 6, 217, et Abdēra, ōrum, n., Liv. 45, 29, 6, Abdère, ville de Thrace.
Latin > German (Georges)
Abdēra, ōrum, n. (Ἄβδηρα, τὰ), I) Stadt in Thracien, Geburtsort des Protagoras u. Demokrit, j. Polystilo oder Asperosa, Liv. 45, 29, 6. Plin. 4, 42, berüchtigt durch den Stumpfsinn u. die Kleinstädterei ihrer Einwohner; dah. hic Abdera, Cic. ad Att. 4, 16, 6: u. o Abdera, Abdera, dares quantas vias mortalibus irridendi, Arnob. 5, 12. – Nbf. Abdēra, ae, f., Ov. Ib. 465. Plin. 25, 94. Solin. 10, 10. Vgl. K.F. Hermann Versuch einer urkundl. Geschichte von Abdera (in dessen Abh. u. Beitr. zur klass. Literat. S. 106 ff.). – II) Stadt in Spanien, j. Adra, Mela 2, 6, 7 (2. § 94). – Dav. a) Abdērītēs, ae, Abl. a, m. (Ἀβδηρίτης), einer aus Abdera, ein Abderit, Laber., Cic. u.a. – b) Abdērītānus, a, um, abderitisch = stumpfsinnig, Mart. 10, 25.
Wikipedia EN
Abdera (Greek: Ἄβδηρα) is a municipality in the Xanthi regional unit of Thrace, Greece. In classical antiquity, it was a major Greek polis on the Thracian coast.
The name Abdera is of Phoenician origin and was shared in antiquity by Abdera, Spain and a town near Carthage in North Africa. It was variously Hellenized as Ἄβδηρα (Ábdēra), Αὔδηρα (Aúdēra), Ἄβδαρα (Ábdara), Ἄβδηρον (Ábdēron), and Ἄβδηρος (Ábdēros), before being Latinized as Abdera. Greek legend attributed the name to an eponymous Abderus who fell nearby and was memorialized by Hercules's founding of a city at the location.
Abdera was an ancient Carthaginian and Roman port on a hill above the modern Adra on the southeastern Mediterranean coast of Spain. It was located between Malaca (now Málaga) and Carthago Nova (now Cartagena) in the district inhabited by the Bastuli.
