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ἀναγκαίως δ' ἔχει βίον θερίζειν ὥστε κάρπιμον στάχυν, καὶ τὸν μὲν εἶναι, τὸν δὲ μή → But it is our inevitable lot to harvest life like a fruitful crop, for one of us to live, one not. (Euripides, Hypsipyle fr. 60.94ff.)
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|lshtext=<b>Mĕton</b>: or Mĕto, ōnis, m., = Μέτων,<br /><b>I</b> a [[celebrated]] Athenian [[astronomer]], [[who]] discovered the [[cycle]] of [[nineteen]] years, at the [[end]] of [[which]] the [[new]] and [[full]] moons [[again]] [[fall]] on the [[same]] days, Avien. Prognost. 48; Aus. Epis. 2, 12.—Hence [[Cicero]] says, [[jestingly]], of a [[debtor]] named [[Meton]], [[who]] promised to [[pay]] in a [[year]]'s [[time]]: [[quando]] [[iste]] Metonis [[annus]] veniet? Cic. Att. 12, 3, 2; cf. id. ib. 12, 51, 3. | |||
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English > Greek (Woodhouse)
Μέτων, -ωνος, ὁ.
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
Mĕton: or Mĕto, ōnis, m., = Μέτων,
I a celebrated Athenian astronomer, who discovered the cycle of nineteen years, at the end of which the new and full moons again fall on the same days, Avien. Prognost. 48; Aus. Epis. 2, 12.—Hence Cicero says, jestingly, of a debtor named Meton, who promised to pay in a year's time: quando iste Metonis annus veniet? Cic. Att. 12, 3, 2; cf. id. ib. 12, 51, 3.
