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Μὴ φῦναι τὸν ἅπαντα νικᾷ λόγον → Not to be born is, past all prizing, best.

Sophocles, Oedipus Coloneus l. 1225

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

gălaxĭas: ae, m., = γαλαξίας.
I Milk-stone; = galactites, q. v., Plin. 37, 10, 59, § 162.—
II The Milky Way, called in pure Lat. Via lactea, Macr. Somn. Scip. 1, 4; 9; Mart. Cap. 8, § 826 al.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

gălaxĭās, æ, m. (γαλαξίας),
1 galaxie, voie lactée : Capel. 8, 826
2 c. galactites : Plin. 37, 162.