Scaevola
βίος ἀνεόρταστος μακρὴ ὁδὸς ἀπανδόκευτος → a life without feasting is a long journey without an inn | a life without festivals is a long journey without inns | a life without festivals is a long road without inns | a life without festivity is a long road without an inn | a life without festivity is like a long road without an inn | a life without holidays is like a long road without taverns | a life without parties is a long journey without inns | a life without public holidays is a long road without hotels
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
Σκαιβόλας, -α, ὁ.
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
Scaevŏla: (in the Fast. Capit. also written Scaevŭla), ae, m. prop. a dim. of 3. Scaeva, the Left-handed.
1 A surname of C. Mucius, who made his way into the camp of Porsenna to kill him, and, on being discovered, burned off his own right hand, Liv. 2, 12 sq.; Flor. 1, 10; Cic. Sest. 21, 48; Sil. 8, 386 al.—
2 After his time, a frequent surname in the gens Mucia; so, P. Mucius Scaevola, consul A. U. C. 621, a friend of Tiberius Gracchus, Cic. Ac. 2, 5, 13 (cf. id. de Or. 2, 70, 285); id. Planc. 36, 88; id. Rep. 1, 19, 31.—
3 Q. Mucius Scaevola, an augur, the most famous jurist of Cicero's time, son-inlaw of C. Laelius, Cic. Lael. 1; id. Leg. 1, 4, 13; id. Rep. 1, 12, 18; id. Brut. 26, 101 sq.; 58, 212; Liv. Epit. 86; Vell. 2, 26; Flor. 3, 21.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
Scævŏla,¹¹ æ, m. (dim. de scæva), surnom dans la gens Mucia ; nott Mucius Scévola [Romain qui, venu pour tuer Porséna dans son camp, frappa un secrétaire, fut arrêté et, comme pour punir sa main droite de sa maladresse, la plaça sur un brasier ardent et la laissa brûler ; d’où son surnom de scævola, gaucher] : Liv. 2, 13, 1 || P. Mucius Scévola, consul l’an de Rome 620, célèbre jurisconsulte et orateur] : Cic. Læl. 1 ; Leg. 1, 13.
Latin > German (Georges)
Scaevola, ae, m. (Demin. von scaeva), Linkhand, ein Beiname des mucischen Geschlechtes, s. Mucius.
