Seleucia
ἀκίνδυνοι δ' ἀρεταὶ οὔτε παρ' ἀνδράσιν οὔτ' ἐν ναυσὶ κοίλαις τίμιαι → but excellence without danger is honored neither among men nor in hollow ships
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
Σελεύκεια, ἡ.
Man of Seleucia: Σελευκεύς, -έως, ὁ.
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
Sĕleucĭ̄a: (also written Sĕleucĕ̄a), ae, f., = Σελεύκεια,>
I the name of several cities in Asia.
I Pieria, a city in Syria, on the Orontes, now Kepse, Plin. 5, 12, 13, § 67; Cic. Att. 11, 20 init.—
II A celebrated city in Babylonia, near the river Tigris, now ElModain, Sall. Ep. Mithrid. 19; called Seleucia Parthorum, Plin. 10, 48, 67, § 132; form Seleucea, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 14, 1. —
III Seleucia Trachēa = Σελεύκεια ἡ τραχει α,> a city of Cilicia, Plin. 5, 27, 22, § 93; Amm. 14, 2, 14.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
Sĕleucīa,¹⁴ æ, f. (Σελεύκεια), Séleucie [nom de plus. villes d’Asie] ; nott : en Babylonie, près du Tigre, capitale des rois parthes : Plin. 10, 132 || ville de Syrie : Plin. 5, 67 || ville de Cilicie : Plin. 5, 93.
