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Οὐδ' ἄμμε διακρινέει φιλότητος ἄλλο, πάρος θάνατόν γε μεμορμένον ἀμφικαλύψαι → Nor will anything else divide us from our love before the fate of death enshrouds us

Apollonius of Rhodes, Argonautica, 3.1129f.
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|Text=[[File:woodhouse_1028.jpg|thumb|link={{filepath:woodhouse_1028.jpg}}]][[Τριπτόλεμος]], ὁ, or say, <b class="b2">son of Celeus.</b>
|Text=[[File:woodhouse_1028.jpg|thumb|link={{filepath:woodhouse_1028.jpg}}]][[Τριπτόλεμος]], ὁ, or say, <b class="b2">son of Celeus.</b>
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|lshtext=<b>Triptŏlĕmus</b>: i, m., = [[Τριπτόλεμος]],><br /><b>I</b> a [[son]] of [[Celeus]], [[king]] of [[Eleusis]] and of Metanira; he [[was]] the [[inventor]] of [[agriculture]], and became a [[judge]] in the [[infernal]] regions, Ov. F. 4, 507 sq.; id. Tr. 3, 8, 1; id. M. 5, 646 sq.; Auct. Her. 4, 6, 9; Cic. Tusc. 1, 41, 98; id. Verr. 2, 4, 49, § 110; Stat. S. 4, 2, 36; Hyg. Fab. 147.—Prov.: Triptolemo [[fruges]] [[dare]], [[like]] the Engl. to [[carry]] coals to Newcastle, Ov. P. 4, 2, 10. — Hence, Triptŏlĕmĭcus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to [[Triptolemus]], i. e. to [[husbandry]], [[agricultural]]: [[dens]], i. e. the [[plough]], Fulg. Myth. prol. 1.
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Τριπτόλεμος, ὁ, or say, son of Celeus.

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Triptŏlĕmus: i, m., = Τριπτόλεμος,>
I a son of Celeus, king of Eleusis and of Metanira; he was the inventor of agriculture, and became a judge in the infernal regions, Ov. F. 4, 507 sq.; id. Tr. 3, 8, 1; id. M. 5, 646 sq.; Auct. Her. 4, 6, 9; Cic. Tusc. 1, 41, 98; id. Verr. 2, 4, 49, § 110; Stat. S. 4, 2, 36; Hyg. Fab. 147.—Prov.: Triptolemo fruges dare, like the Engl. to carry coals to Newcastle, Ov. P. 4, 2, 10. — Hence, Triptŏlĕmĭcus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Triptolemus, i. e. to husbandry, agricultural: dens, i. e. the plough, Fulg. Myth. prol. 1.