parergon
ἐπάμεροι· τί δέ τις; τί δ' οὔ τις; σκιᾶς ὄναρ ἄνθρωπος → Neverlasting: What is a somebody? What is a nobody? You are a dream of a shadow | Creatures of a day. What is a someone, what is a no one? Man is the dream of a shade.
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
părergon: i, n., = πάρεργον,
I an extra ornament: adjecerit parvulas naves longas in iis, quae pictores parerga appellant, Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 101; Vitr. 9, 9; Inscr. Grut. 59, 2; 77, 3 al.—Plur.: Părerga, ōn, the title of a work by Attius, Non. 61, 24.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
părergŏn, ī, n. (πάρεργον), accessoire, ornement : Vitr. Arch. 9, 9 ; Plin. 35, 101 || Părerga, ōn, n. pl., titre d’un ouvrage d’Accius : Non. 61, 24.
Latin > German (Georges)
parergon, ī, n. (πάρεργον), Beiwerk, Nebenwerk, a) in der Malerei, ein Nebenzierat, Nebenfiguren, Vitr. u.a. – b) Plur. parerga, ōn, n., eine Schrift des Accius, Non. 61, 24.
