Ἀδώνιος
Ubi idem et maximus et honestissimus amor est, aliquando praestat morte jungi, quam vita distrahi → Where indeed the greatest and most honourable love exists, it is much better to be joined by death, than separated by life.
English (LSJ)
ὁ, rare form of Ἄδωνις, Plu.2.756c. II as Adj., ος, ον, of Adonis:—hence Ἀδώνιον, τό, a statue of him borne in the Adonia, Suid. 2 (sub. μέτρον) a kind of verse, consisting of a dactyl and spondee, Sacerd.p.516 K. 3 = Ἄδωνις 111, Plin.HN21.60.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
Ἀδώνιος: ὁ, σπάν. τύπος τοῦ Ἄδωνις, Meineke Κωμ. Ἀποσπ. 2. σ. 188, Πλούτ. 2. 206C. ΙΙ. ὡς ἐπίθ. -ος, -ον, τοῦ Ἀδώνιδος· ὅθεν: 1) Ἀδώνιον, τό, ἄγαλμα αὐτοῦ φερόμενον κατὰ τὰ Ἀδώνια, Σουΐδ. 2) (ἐν λ. μέτρον) εἶδος στίχου συγκειμένου ἐκ δακτύλου καὶ σπονδείου, Ἕρμαν. El. Metr. 715.
French (Bailly abrégé)
ος, ον :
d’Adonis ; τὰ Ἀδώνια fêtes d’Adonis.
Étymologie: Ἄδωνις.
Spanish (DGE)
-ου, ὁ
• Prosodia: [ᾰ-]
1 Adonis Sapph.117B, Ar.Fr.759, Cratin.404, Pherecr.213, Pl.Com.4, Suppl.Mag.63.8.
2 Adonio n. de mes en Nacona IGDS 206.2, 9 (III a.C.) (cf. Ἀδωνιών).
Russian (Dvoretsky)
Ἀδώνιος: II ὁ стих. адонисов стих (– ∪ ∪ / – –).
адонисов Plut.
