Pactolus

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Μούνη γὰρ ἄγειν οὐκέτι σωκῶ λύπης ἀντίρροπον ἄχθος → I have no longer strength to bear alone the burden of grief that weighs me down

Sophocles, Electra, 119-120

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

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(River) Πακτωλός, ὁ.

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

Pactōlus: i, m., = Πακτωλός,
I a river in Lydia which was said to bring down golden sands, the mod. Sarabat, Verg. A. 10, 142; Plin. 5, 29, 30, § 110; Hyg. Fab. 191; Ov. M. 11, 142: Pactolus aureas undas agens, Varr. ap. Non. 243, 20.—Prov., of wealth: tibique Pactolus fluat, Hor. Epod. 15, 20; cf. Prop. 1, 14, 11; Juv. 14, 299.— Hence,
II Pactōlis, ĭdis, f. adj., of or belonging to the Pactolus: nymphae Pactolides, Ov. M. 6, 16.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

Pactōlus,¹³ ī, m. (Πακτωλός), le Pactole [fleuve de Lydie, qui roule des sables d’or] : Plin. 5, 110 ; Virg. En. 10, 142 ; Sol. 40, 11