Althaea
Πρόσεχε τῷ ὑποκειμένῳ ἢ τῇ ἐνεργείᾳ ἢ τῷ δόγματι ἢ τῷ σημαινομένῳ. → Look to the essence of a thing, whether it be a point of doctrine, of practice, or of interpretation.
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
Ἀλθαία, ἡ.
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
Althaea: ae, f., = Ἀλθαία,
I daughter of Thestius, wife of Œneus, king of Calydon, and mother of Meleager, whom, in revenge for the death of her brothers slain by him in the Calydonian hunt, she killed, by burning the brand, on the preservation of which his life depended, Ov. M. 8, 446; 8, 511; 8, 531; cf. Hyg. Fab. 171.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
(2) Althæa,¹⁴ æ, f., Althée [mère de Méléagre] : Ov. M. 8, 446, etc.
Latin > German (Georges)
(2) Althaea2, ae, f. (Ἀλθαία), Tochter des ätol. Königs Thestius, Gemahlin des Öneus, Königs von Kalydon, bekannt durch das tragische Schicksal ihres Sohnes Meleager (s. Meleager), Ov. met. 8, 446. Hyg. fab. 171 sqq.
