Palaemon
Ἐρωτώμενος διὰ τί ὀλίγους ἔχει μαθητάς, ἔφη ὅτι ἀργυρέᾳ αὐτοὺς ἐκβάλλω ῥάβδῳ → When asked why he had so few pupils, he replied ‘I chase them away with a silver stick (Diogenes Laertius 6.4.5, on the philosopher Antisthenes)
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
Παλαίμων, -ονος, ὁ, or say, son of Ino.
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
Pălaemon: ŏnis, m., = Παλαίμων.
I A sea-god, formerly called Melicerta, the son of Athamas and Ino: O Palaemon, sancte Neptuni comes, Plaut. Rud. 1, 2, 70; Cic. N. D. 3, 15, 39; Verg. A. 5, 823; Ov. M. 4, 542; id. H. 17, 159.—Hence,
B Pălae-mŏnĭus, a, um, of or belonging to the seagod Palœmon, poet. for Corinthian, Stat. Th. 2, 380: Palaemoniae coronae, won at the Isthmian games, which were celebrated in honor of Palœmon, Claud. Cons. Mall. Th. 289.—
II Remmius Palaemon, a Roman grammarian in the time of Tiberius and Claudius, Quint. 1, 4, 20; 1, 5, 60; Suet. Gram. 23; Juv. 6, 451; 7, 215; Pers. 2, 86.—
III A shepherd, Verg. E. 3, 50.
