Phorcus

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ἄμμες δὲ γ' ἐσσόμεσθα πολλῷ κάρρονες → and we shall be better by far | we shall be sometime mightier men by far than both | sometime we shall become much better than you | so we shall be, and braver far

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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

Phorcus: i (also Phorcys, yos, and Phorcyn, ȳnos, acc. to Prisc. p. 690 P., but acc. to Serv., Verg. A. 5, 240, these forms are not used in Lat.), m., = Φόρκος, Φόρκυς, and Φόρκυν,
I son of Neptune, father of Medusa and the other Gorgons, and of the Grœœ, who was changed after death into a sea-god, Cic. Univ. 11, 35: Phorci chorus, Verg. A. 5, 240; or, Phorci exercitus, i. e. sea-gods, id. ib. 5, 824: pater Phorcys, Val. Fl. 3, 726; Luc. 9, 645.—Hence,
   A Phorcys, ydos (Phorcis, ĭdis), f., a female descendant of Phorcus: ora Phorcydos, i. e. of Medusa, Prop. 3, 21 (4, 22), 8: geminas habitasse sorores Phorcydas unius partitas luminis usum, i. e. the Grœœ, Ov. M. 4, 773.—
   B Phorcȳnis, ĭdos and ĭdis, f., the daughter of Phorcus, i. e. Medu- sa, Ov. M. 5, 230; Luc. 9, 626.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

Phorcus,¹⁴ ī, m. (Φόρκος et Φόρκυς), Phorcus ou Phorcys [fils de Neptune, père des Gorgones, changé en un dieu marin] : Hyg. Fab. præf. 4 ; Virg. En. 5, 240 ; Plin. 36, 26 || formes -cys, yis et -cyn, ynis d’après Prisc. Gramm. 6, 28 ; 6, 92.

Latin > German (Georges)

Phorcus, ī, m. (Φόρκος) u. Phorcys, yis, m. (Φόρκυς) u. Phorcȳn, ȳnis, m. (Φόρκυν), Sohn des Neptun, Vater der Medusa u. ihrer Schwestern, nach seinem Tode zum Meergott erhoben, Form Phorcus, Hyg. fab. praef. p. 4 u. 7 M. Lucan. 9, 645. Val Flacc. 3, 727: Phorci chorus, Meergottheiten, Plin. 36, 26. Verg. Aen. 5, 240: dass. Phorci exercitus, Verg. Aen. 5, 824. – die Formen Phorcys u. Phorcyn nur angef. bei Prisc. 6, 28 sq. u. 6, 92 (nach Serv. Verg. Aen. 5, 240 im Lateinischen ungebräuchlich). – Dav.: A) (v. Phorcus) Phorcis (nicht Phorcys), idos, Akk. Plur. idas, f., Tochter des Phorkus, ora Phorcidos, der Medusa, Prop.: aber sorores Phorcides = Graeae, Ov.: Abl. Plur. Phorcisi, Hyg. astr. 2, 12 (wo noch Muncker Phorcys). – B) (v. Phorcyn) Phorcȳnis, idos, Akk. ida, f., Tochter des Phorkus, Ph. Medusa, Ov. met. 4, 743. Lucan. 9, 626: u. so bl. Ph., die Medusa = das Medusenhaupt, Ov. met. 5, 230.