cordax
εἰ δὲ τύχῃ τις ἔρδων, μελίφρον' αἰτίαν ῥοαῖσι Μοισᾶν ἐνέβαλε → if someone is successful in his deeds, he casts a cause for sweet thoughts into the streams of the Muses
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
cordax: ăcis, m., = κόρδαξ,
I the extravagant dance of Grecian comedy, distinguished by lively movement and wanton gesture, and by the rope which was kept passing through the hands of the dancers; the imitation of this dance was regarded as a mark of drunkenness or licentiousness: ducere, to dance it (κόρδακα ἕλκειν), Petr. 52, 9 (cf. Ter. Ad. 4, 7, 34).—Adject.: cordaces sententiae, i. e. tinnulae, staggering (together with modulatae), Fronto de Or. 2, p. 240 Mai.—
II Transf. of the trochaic rhythm, in a loose translation of Aristotle (ὁ δὲ τροχαῖος κορδακικώτερος), on account of its hopping movement, Cic. Or. 57, 193; Quint. 9, 4, 88.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
(1) cordāx,¹⁶ ācis, m. (κόρδαξ),
1 le cordace [danse licencieuse] : Petr. 52, 8
2 [fig.] [en parlant du rythme trochaïque] manquant de tenue : Cic. Or. 193 ; Quint. 9, 4, 88.
(2) cordāx, ācis (cor), c. cordatus : Mamert. An. 3, 10.
