Fidenae
ἰχθύς ἐκ τῆς κεφαλῆς ὄζειν ἄρχεται → the fish stinks from the head, a fish rots from the head down, the fish rots from the head down, fish begin to stink at the head, the fish stinks first at the head, corruption starts at the top, the rot starts at the top
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
Φιδήνη, ἡ.
people of Fidenae: Φιδηνᾶναι, οἱ.
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
Fīdēnae: ārum (sing. Fīdēna, ae, Sil. 15, 91; Tac. A. 4, 62. Fĭdēna with the
I i short, Verg. A. 6, 773), f., a very ancient town of Latium, on the left bank of the Tiber, five miles from Rome, now Castel Giubileo, Liv. 1, 27; 2, 19; 4, 17; 22; 33 sq.; Cic. Agr. 2, 35, 96; id. Phil. 9, 1, 4; Suet. Tib. 40; id. Calig. 31; Tac. H. 3, 79; Prop. 4 (5), 1, 36; Hor. Ep. 1, 11, 8; Juv. 6, 57 al.; cf. Bormann, Alt-Latin. Chorographie, p. 239 sq.—
II Deriv.: Fīdēnas, ātis, adj., of or belonging to Fidenae: ager, Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 54: bellum, Liv. 1, 15.—As a surname: L. Sergius Fidenas, Liv. 4, 17; 25.—In plur. subst.: Fīdēnātes, ium, m., the inhabitants of Fidenae, Fidenates, Liv. 1, 15; 4, 17 sq.
Latin > German (Georges)
Fīdēnae, ārum, f. u. Fīdēna, ae, f., ein vormals blühendes, zu Horaz' Zeiten zur Unbedeutenheit herabgesunkenes, aber später wieder stark bevölkertes Munizipium im Sabinischen am Ende des Tibertals zwischen Rom u. Veji, j. (auch) nach Abeken Mittelital. S. 97 f.) Ruinen bei Castro Giubileo, Form -ae, Liv. 1, 14, 5 sqq. Cic. de lege agr. 2, 96. Hor. ep. 1, 11, 8: Form -a, Verg. Aen. 6, 773 (wo i kurz). Plin. 16, 11. Tac. ann. 4, 62. – Dav. Fīdēnās, ätis, fidenatisch, bellum, Liv.: tofus, Plin.: lapidicinae, Vitr. – Plur. subst., Fīdēnātēs, ium, m., die Einw. von Fidenä, die Fidenaten, Liv. u.a.
