Battus: Difference between revisions
ὅτι μέντοι καὶ ἡ χρῆσις τῶν τρόπων, ὥσπερ τἆλλα πάντα καλὰ ἐν λόγοις, προαγωγὸν ἀεὶ πρὸς τὸ ἄμετρον, δῆλον ἤδη, κἂν ἐγὼ μὴ λέγω → however, it is also obvious, even without my saying so, that the use of figures of speech, like other literary adornments, is something that has always tempted toward excess
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Revision as of 07:28, 14 August 2017
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
Βάττος, ὁ.
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
Battus: i, m., = Βάττος.
I A name given to Aristotle of Thera, the founder of Cyrene, Sil. 8, 57; 17, 591; Just. 13, 7, 1.— Hence,
b Battĭădes, ae, m., an inhabitant of Cyrene, Sil. 2, 61; 3, 252; 17, 592; and, κατ ἐξοχήν, the poet Callimachus, a native of Cyrene, Cat. 65, 16; Ov. Tr. 2, 367; id. Ib. 55; id. Am. 1, 15, 13; Stat. S. 5, 3, 157.—
II A herdsman of Neleus, in Triphylia, near Elis, in the Peloponnesus, who, on account of his betraying a theft of Mercury, was transformed by him into the stone Index, Ov. M. 2, 688 sq.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
Battus,¹⁴ ī, m.,
1 nom donné à Aristote de Théra, fondateur de Cyrène : Ov. Ib. 586 ; Just. 13, 7, 1 ; Sil. 8, 57
2 berger témoin du meurtre d’Argus : Ov. M. 2, 688.
