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Παρθένε, ἐν ἀκροπόλει Τελεσῖνος ἄγαλμ' ἀνέθηκεν, Κήττιος, ᾧ χαίρουσα, διδοίης ἄλλο ἀναθεῖναι → O Virgin goddess, Telesinos from the deme of Kettos has set up a statue on the Acropolis. If you are pleased with it, please grant that he set up another
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|lshtext=<b>cŭcūlus</b>: (cŭcŭlus, Auct. Carm. Philom. 35), i, m. Sanscr. ku-, to [[cry]]; cf. [[κωκύω]] | |lshtext=<b>cŭcūlus</b>: (cŭcŭlus, Auct. Carm. Philom. 35), i, m. Sanscr. ku-, to [[cry]]; cf. [[κωκύω]],<br /><b>I</b> a [[cuckoo]], Plin. 18, 26, 66, § 249; as a [[term]] of [[reproach]], Plaut. As. 5, 2, 73; id. Ps. 1, 1, 94; esp. of [[foolish]] men, id. Trin. 2, 1, 18; and of [[dilatory]] husbandmen, [[who]] are not [[through]] [[with]] [[their]] [[pruning]] [[until]] the [[cuckoo]] is [[heard]] ([[after]] the [[vernal]] equinox), Plin. 1. 1.; Hor. S. 1, 7, 31; cf. Plin. 18, 26, 66, § 249; Voss ad Verg. G. 2, 403. | ||
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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
cŭcūlus: (cŭcŭlus, Auct. Carm. Philom. 35), i, m. Sanscr. ku-, to cry; cf. κωκύω,
I a cuckoo, Plin. 18, 26, 66, § 249; as a term of reproach, Plaut. As. 5, 2, 73; id. Ps. 1, 1, 94; esp. of foolish men, id. Trin. 2, 1, 18; and of dilatory husbandmen, who are not through with their pruning until the cuckoo is heard (after the vernal equinox), Plin. 1. 1.; Hor. S. 1, 7, 31; cf. Plin. 18, 26, 66, § 249; Voss ad Verg. G. 2, 403.
