Ecbatana
πολλὰ μεταξὺ πέλει κύλικος καὶ χείλεος ἄκρου → there is many a slip twixt cup and lip, there's many a slip twixt cup and lip, there's many a slip 'twixt cup and lip, there's many a slip twixt the cup and the lip, there's many a slip 'twixt the cup and the lip
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
Ἐκβάτανα, τά.
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
Ecbătăna: ōrum, n., = τὰ Ἐκβάτανα (Ecbătăna, ae. f., Lucil. ap. Non. 533, 30; Ecbătănae, ārum, f., App. de Mundo, p. 69, 18),
I the principal city of Media, now Hamadan, Curt. 4, 5, 8; 5, 8, 1; Plin. 6, 13, 16, § 42; Tac. A. 15, 31 al.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
Ecbătăna,¹⁴ ōrum, n. (τὰ Ἐκβάτανα), Curt. 4, 5, 8 ; Tac. Ann. 15, 31, et Ecbătăna, æ, f., Lucil. Sat. 464, Ecbatane capitale de la Médie] ou Ecbătănæ, ārum, f., Apul. Mund. 26.
Latin > German (Georges)
Ecbatana, ōrum, n. (τὰ Εκβάτανα), Stadt im nördl. Medien, Hauptstadt des Landes u. wegen ihres angenehmen Klimas Sommerresidenz der persischen u. später der parthischen Könige, j. Hamadam, Curt. 4, 5 (21), 8; 5, 8 (24), 1. Tac. ann. 15, 31. – Nbf. Ecbatana, ae, f., Lucil. 464. Oros. 5, 10, 8; 6, 4, 9. Vulg. 2. Mach. 9, 3.
