Metapontum
τὸ δ' ἡδέως ζῆν καὶ ἱλαρῶς οὐκ ἔξωθέν ἐστιν, ἀλλὰ τοὐναντίον ὁ ἄνθρωπος τοῖς περὶ αὑτὸν πράγμασιν ἡδονὴν καὶ χάριν ὥσπερ ἐκ πηγῆς τοῦ ἤθους προστίθησιν → but a pleasant and happy life comes not from external things, but, on the contrary, man draws on his own character as a source from which to add the element of pleasure and joy to the things which surround him
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
Μεταπόντιον, τό.
People of Metapontum: Μεταποντῖνοι, οἱ, or Μεταπόντιοι, οἱ.
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
Mĕtăpontum: i, n.,
I a town of Lucania, where Pythagoras lived and died, now Torre a Mare, Cic. Fin. 5, 2, 4; Liv. 1, 18, 8; Mela, 2, 4, 3; Plin. 3, 11, 15, § 97.—Hence, Mĕtăpontīnus, a, um, adj., Metapontine: ager, Liv. 24, 20.—In <number opt="n">plur.</number>: Mĕtă-pontīni, ōrum, m., the Metapontines, Liv. 22, 61.
