Damasippus
πολλὰ τὰ δεινὰ κοὐδὲν ἀνθρώπου δεινότερον πέλει → many things are formidable, and none more formidable than man | wonders are many, and none is more wonderful than man | many things are bad, but nothing is more atrocious than man
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
Dămăsippus: i, m., Δαμάσιππος (tamer of horses),
I Prætor 672 A. U. C., a follower of Marius, who acted with great cruelty towards the adherents of Sylla; afterwards put to death by order of Sylla, Sall. C. 51, 32; Vell. 2, 26, 2; Cic. Fam. 9, 21, 3.—
II A surname in the gens Licinia, Caes. B. C. 2, 44; Cic. Fam. 7, 23, 2 sq.; id. Att. 12, 29 fin.; 33, 1 al.—
III Name of a bankrupt merchant and ridiculous Stoic philosopher, Hor. S. 2, 3, 16 sqq.—
Name of an actor, Juv. 8, 147.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
Dămăsippus,¹³ ī, m., Damasippe, partisan de Marius : Cic. Fam. 9, 21, 3 ; Sall. C. 51, 32 || surnom de la famille Licinia : Cæs. C. 2, 44 ; Cic. Fam. 7, 23, 2 || interlocuteur de la satire 2, 3 d’ Horace.
