Sarmata
Τοὺς δούλους ἔταξεν ὡρισμένου νομίσματος ὁμιλεῖν ταῖς θεραπαινίσιν → He arranged for his male slaves to have sex with female slaves at a fixed price (Plutarch, Life of Cato the Elder 21.2)
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
Sarmăta: ae, m., = Σαρμάτης,
I a Sarmatian, Luc. 1, 430; Mart. Spect. 3, 4; Juv. 3, 79; Claud. Laud. Stil. 1, 111.—Plur.: Sarmătae (Gr. collat. form Saurŏ-mătae, Ov. Tr. 2, 198; 3, 3, 6; 3, 10, 5; 4, 1, 94; 5, 1, 74; Val. Fl. 7, 235; Mel. 1, 2, 6; 2, 1, 2; Plin. 6, 13, 15, § 38; cf. id. 4, 12, 25, § 80; v. also in the foll.), ārum, m., = Σαυρομάται, the Sarmatians, a great Slavic people, dwelling from the Vistula to the Don, in the mod. Poland and Russia, Mel. 1, 3, 5; 3, 6, 8; Plin. 4, 12, 25, § 801; 18, 10, 24, § 100; Tac. G. 1; 17; 43; 46; id. H. 1, 2; 1, 79 et saep.—Sing., mostly collect.; Gr. form Saurŏmătes, Ov. Tr. 3, 12, 30; and Saurŏmăta, Plin. Ep. 10, 63 (13).
A Sarmătĭa, ae, f., the country of the Sarmatians, Sarmatia, Mel. 3, 4, 1; Plin. 4, 12, 25, § 81.—
B Sarmătĭcus, a, um, adj., Sarmatian: mare, i. e. the Black Sea, Ov. P. 4, 10, 38; Val. Fl. 8, 207: loca, Ov. Tr. 4, 8, 16: orae, id. ib. 5, 1, 13: sinus, id. ib. 1, 5, 62: gens, the Sarmatians, id. ib. 5, 7, 13: boves, id. ib. 3, 10, 34: arcus, id. P. 1, 5, 50: equus, Mart. 7, 30, 6: Ister, id. 9, 102, 17: hiemes, Stat. S. 5, 1, 128: laurus, i. e. the victory of Domitian over the Sarmatians, Mart. 7, 6, 10; cf. Suet. Dom. 6: bellum, Luc. 3, 282: braccae, Val. Fl. 5, 424: mos loquendi, Ov. Tr. 5, 7, 56; for which, adv., Sarmătĭcē, like the Sarmatians: jam didici Getice Sarmaticeque loqui, id. ib. 5, 12, 58. —
C Sarmătis, ĭdis, adj. f., Sarmatian: tellus, Ov. Tr. 1, 2, 82: ora, id. ib. 4, 10, 110; 5, 3, 8: umbra, id. P. 1, 2, 114.—And in a Gr. form: Sauromatides Amazones, Mel. 3, 5, 4; Plin. 6, 13, 15, § 39.<>
Latin > German (Georges)
Sārmata, ae, m. (Σαρμάτης), der Sarmate, Plur. Sārmatae, die Sarmaten, eine Völkerschaft in dem ehemaligen Polen, der kleinen Tatarei u. den angrenzenden Ländern, Sing. meist kollektiv, Lucan. 1, 430. Mart. spect. 3, 4. Avien. descr. orb. 442. Hieron. epist. 60, 16: Plur., Mela 1, 3, 5 (1. § 19). Tac. Germ. 1 u. 17. Capit. Anton. phil. 17, 3: Plur. Sārmati, ōrum, m., Anon. Ravenn. 4, 11. p. 199, 14 Pinder. – Dav.: A) Sārmatia, ae, f. (Σαρματία), Sarmatien, das Land der Sarmaten; war doppelt, das europäische u. das asiatische am östlichen Ufer des Don im heutigen Astrachan, Mela u.a. – B) Sārmaticus, a, um (Σαρματικός), sarmatisch, gens, Ov. u. Mela: mare, Schwarzes Meer, Ov.: laurus, Sieg über die Sarmaten, Mart.: Plur. subst., Sārmatica, ōrum, n., das Sarmatische = das sarmatische Gebiet, Sen. nat. quaest. prol. § 8. – Adv. Sārmaticē, sarmatisch, loqui, Ov. trist. 5, 12, 58. – C) Sārmatis, idis, f., sarmatisch, umbra, Ov.: tellus, Ov.