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Ζῆν οὐκ ἄξιος, ὅτῳ μηδὲ εἷς ἐστι χρηστὸς φίλοςLife is not worth living if you do not have at least one friend.

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{{Georges
|georg=chelys, Acc. chelym u. chelyn, Voc. chely, f. ([[χέλυς]]), die [[Schildkröte]], I) eig., [[rein]] lat. [[testudo]], Petr. fr. 26, 5. – II) meton.: a) [[wie]] im Griech. (vgl. Passow in v.) die aus der [[Schildkrötenschale]] verfertigte [[Lyra]], [[rein]] lat. [[testudo]], Pompon. tr. 8. Ps. Ov. her. 15, 181. Stat. silv. 1, 5, 1. – u. dav.: b) das [[Gestirn]] [[Lyra]], [[sonst]] [[Lyra]] od. [[rein]] lat. [[Fides]] [[gen]]., Avien. Arat. 617 u. 631.
|georg=chelys, Acc. chelym u. chelyn, Voc. chely, f. ([[χέλυς]]), die [[Schildkröte]], I) eig., [[rein]] lat. [[testudo]], Petr. fr. 26, 5. – II) meton.: a) [[wie]] im Griech. (vgl. Passow in v.) die aus der [[Schildkrötenschale]] verfertigte [[Lyra]], [[rein]] lat. [[testudo]], Pompon. tr. 8. Ps. Ov. her. 15, 181. Stat. silv. 1, 5, 1. – u. dav.: b) das [[Gestirn]] [[Lyra]], [[sonst]] [[Lyra]] od. [[rein]] lat. [[Fides]] [[gen]]., Avien. Arat. 617 u. 631.
}}
{{LaEn
|lnetxt=chelys chelyos/is N F :: tortoise; lyre/harp (made originally from a tortoise shell); constellation Lyra
}}
}}

Revision as of 19:45, 27 February 2019

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

chĕlys: acc. chelyn, voc. chely (other cases apparently not in use), f., = χέλυς.
I The tortoise, Petr. Fragm. 32, 5.—
II As in Greek (cf. Lidd. and Scott in h. v.), a lyre or harp made of its shell, pure Lat. testudo (except Ovid, in post-Aug. poets only; most freq. in Statius): chelys, Stat. S. 1, 5, 1; 4, 4, 33; Claud. III. Cons. Hon. praef. 18; id. Cons. Mall. Theod. 313; id. IV. Cons. Hon. 123; Prud. Apoth. 455: chelyn, Ov. H. 15, 181; Stat. S. 1, 5, 11; 2, 2, 120; 4, 6, 30; 4, 8, 38; id. Th. 6, 366; Sen. Troad. 325; id. Herc. Oet. 1034; Claud. Rapt. Pros. 2, praef. 8: chely, Stat. S. 4, 3, 119.—
   B The constellation Lyra, Avien. Arat. 617 and 631.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

chĕlys,¹³ yis et yos, f. (χέλυς), tortue : Petr. Frg. 26, 5 || [fig.] a) lyre : Ov. H. 15, 181 ; Stat. S. 1, 5, 11 ; b) la Lyre [constell.] : Avien. Phæn. 617.

Latin > German (Georges)

chelys, Acc. chelym u. chelyn, Voc. chely, f. (χέλυς), die Schildkröte, I) eig., rein lat. testudo, Petr. fr. 26, 5. – II) meton.: a) wie im Griech. (vgl. Passow in v.) die aus der Schildkrötenschale verfertigte Lyra, rein lat. testudo, Pompon. tr. 8. Ps. Ov. her. 15, 181. Stat. silv. 1, 5, 1. – u. dav.: b) das Gestirn Lyra, sonst Lyra od. rein lat. Fides gen., Avien. Arat. 617 u. 631.

Latin > English

chelys chelyos/is N F :: tortoise; lyre/harp (made originally from a tortoise shell); constellation Lyra