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Ἐρωτώμενος διὰ τί ὀλίγους ἔχει μαθητάς, ἔφη ὅτι ἀργυρέᾳ αὐτοὺς ἐκβάλλω ῥάβδῳ → When asked why he had so few pupils, he replied ‘I chase them away with a silver stick (Diogenes Laertius 6.4.5, on the philosopher Antisthenes)
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|lshtext=<b>Dănăus</b>: i, m., Δαναός,<br /><b>I</b> [[son]] of [[Belus]], and [[twin]]-[[brother]] of [[Aegyptus]]: he [[was]] the [[father]] of [[fifty]] daughters; he emigrated from [[Egypt]] [[into]] [[Greece]], and [[there]] founded [[Argos]]; [[was]] [[slain]] by [[Lynceus]], [[after]] a [[reign]] of [[fifty]] years, Hyg. Fab. 168; 170; Serv. Verg. A. 10, 497; Cic. Parad. 6, 1, 44; cf. under no. II. B.—[[Danai]] [[porticus]], at [[Rome]], dedicated by [[Augustus]] to the Palatine [[Apollo]] (726 A. U. C.), famed for its statues of [[Danaus]] and his daughters, Ov. Am. 2, 2, 4; cf. Prop. 2, 31, 4 (3, 29, 4 M.); Tibul. 1, 3, 79; Ov. Tr. 3, 1, 60.—<br /><b>II</b> Derivv.<br /> <b>A</b> Dănăus, a, um, adj. (belonging to [[Danaus]]; [[hence]], in the poets, meton.), Greek, Grecian: classes, Ov. M. 13, 92; cf. rates, Prop. 3, 22, 34 (4, 22, 34 M.): flammae, Ov. M. 14, 467: [[ignis]], id. Her. 8, 14: [[miles]], id. ib. 24: [[manus]], id. R. Am. 66: res, id. M. 13, 59. Esp. freq.,<br /> <b>A</b> Subst. plur.: Dănăi, ōrum, m., the [[Danai]], for the Greeks (esp. freq. of the Greeks [[before]] [[Troy]]), Cic. Tusc. 4, 23, 52; id. Fin. 2, 6, 18; Prop. 3, 8, 31 (4, 7, 31 M.); Verg. A. 2, 5 et saep.—Gen. plur.: Danaum, Lucr. 1, 87; Prop. 2, 26, 38 (3, 22, 18 M.); 3, 9, 40 (4, 8, 40 M.); Verg. A. 1, 30 et saep.—<br /> <b>B</b> Dănăĭdes, um, f., Δαναδες, the daughters of [[Danaus]], the Danaides, [[who]], [[with]] the [[exception]] of [[Hypermnestra]], murdered [[their]] husbands at [[their]] [[father]]'s [[command]], Hyg. Fab. 170; 255; Sen. Herc. Fur. 757. The classical poets [[substitute]] [[Danai]] [[proles]], Tib. 1, 3, 79; cf. Prop. 2, 31, 4 (3, 29, 4 M.): [[Danai]] puellae, Hor. Od. 3, 11, 23: [[Danai]] [[genus]] infame, id. ib. 2, 14, 18.—<br /> <b>C</b> Dănăĭdae, ārum, m., Δαναΐδαι = [[Danai]] (v. no. II. A.), the Greeks, Sen. [[Troad]]. 611. | |||
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Revision as of 08:27, 13 August 2017
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
Δαναός ὁ.
Sons of Danaus: Δαναΐδαι, οἱ.
Daughters of Danaus: Δαναΐδες, αἱ.
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
Dănăus: i, m., Δαναός,
I son of Belus, and twin-brother of Aegyptus: he was the father of fifty daughters; he emigrated from Egypt into Greece, and there founded Argos; was slain by Lynceus, after a reign of fifty years, Hyg. Fab. 168; 170; Serv. Verg. A. 10, 497; Cic. Parad. 6, 1, 44; cf. under no. II. B.—Danai porticus, at Rome, dedicated by Augustus to the Palatine Apollo (726 A. U. C.), famed for its statues of Danaus and his daughters, Ov. Am. 2, 2, 4; cf. Prop. 2, 31, 4 (3, 29, 4 M.); Tibul. 1, 3, 79; Ov. Tr. 3, 1, 60.—
II Derivv.
A Dănăus, a, um, adj. (belonging to Danaus; hence, in the poets, meton.), Greek, Grecian: classes, Ov. M. 13, 92; cf. rates, Prop. 3, 22, 34 (4, 22, 34 M.): flammae, Ov. M. 14, 467: ignis, id. Her. 8, 14: miles, id. ib. 24: manus, id. R. Am. 66: res, id. M. 13, 59. Esp. freq.,
A Subst. plur.: Dănăi, ōrum, m., the Danai, for the Greeks (esp. freq. of the Greeks before Troy), Cic. Tusc. 4, 23, 52; id. Fin. 2, 6, 18; Prop. 3, 8, 31 (4, 7, 31 M.); Verg. A. 2, 5 et saep.—Gen. plur.: Danaum, Lucr. 1, 87; Prop. 2, 26, 38 (3, 22, 18 M.); 3, 9, 40 (4, 8, 40 M.); Verg. A. 1, 30 et saep.—
B Dănăĭdes, um, f., Δαναδες, the daughters of Danaus, the Danaides, who, with the exception of Hypermnestra, murdered their husbands at their father's command, Hyg. Fab. 170; 255; Sen. Herc. Fur. 757. The classical poets substitute Danai proles, Tib. 1, 3, 79; cf. Prop. 2, 31, 4 (3, 29, 4 M.): Danai puellae, Hor. Od. 3, 11, 23: Danai genus infame, id. ib. 2, 14, 18.—
C Dănăĭdae, ārum, m., Δαναΐδαι = Danai (v. no. II. A.), the Greeks, Sen. Troad. 611.
