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θάνατος οὐθὲν πρὸς ἡμᾶς, ἐπειδήπερ ὅταν μὲν ἡμεῖς ὦμεν, ὁ θάνατος οὐ πάρεστιν, ὅταν δὲ ὁ θάνατος παρῇ, τόθ' ἡμεῖς οὐκ ἐσμέν. → Death is nothing to us, since when we are, death has not come, and when death has come, we are not.

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Revision as of 07:40, 14 August 2017

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

Īrus: i, m., = Ἶρος,>
I the name of a beggar in the house of Ulysses at Ithaca; used proverbially to denote a poor man: Irus est subito, qui modo Croesus erat, Ov. Tr. 3, 7, 42: Iron, id. R. Am. 747; Prop. 3, 3, 39 (4, 4, 17): Iro pauperior, Mart. 5, 41, 9; id. 5, 39, 9; 6, 77, 1.—In Ov. Ib. 415, binominis, double-named, because he was named Arnaeus by his mother.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

Īrus,¹⁴ ī, m. (Ἶρος), mendiant d’Ithaque, tué par Ulysse : Prop. 3, 3, 39 || [fig.] un pauvre, un indigent : Ov. Tr. 3, 7, 42.