Sisyphus

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βορβόρῳ δ' ὕδωρ λαμπρὸν μιαίνων οὔποθ' εὑρήσεις ποτόνonce limpid waters are stained with mud, you'll never find a drink

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English > Greek (Woodhouse)

Σίσυφος, ὁ.

of Sisyphus, adj.: Σισύφειος.

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

Sīsyphus: (anciently Sīsŭpus and Sīsĭpus; the last in Inscr. R. N. 4472 Momms.; cf. Ritschl, Monum. Epigr. Tria, p. 26), i, m., = Σίσυφος.
I Son of Æolus, king of Corinth, famous for his cunning and robberies. He was killed by Theseus. His punishment in the infernal regions was to roll a stone up hill which constantly rolled back again, Hyg. Fab. 60; Serv. Verg. A. 6, 616; Poët. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 5, 10; Ov. M. 4, 459; 4, 465; 13, 26; Prop. 4 (5), 11, 23; Hor. C. 2, 14, 20; id. Epod. 17, 68 al.: Ulixi Sisyphique prudentia, Cic. Tusc. 1, 41, 98; cf. vafer, Hor. S. 2, 3, 21.—Hence,
   1    Sīsy-phĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Sisyphus: labores, Prop. 2, 17 (3, 9), 7; 2, 20 (3, 13), 32: cervix, Sen. Herc. Oet. 942: portus, i. e. Corinth, Stat. Th. 2, 380: Isthmus, of Corinth, Sil. 14, 51: opes, i. e. of Creusa (as daughter of Creon, king of Corinth), Ov. H. 12, 204: Ulixes sanguine cretus Sisyphio (because Sisyphus seduced Anticlea, the mother of Ulysses, before her marriage with Laertes), id. M. 13, 32; cf. Serv. Verg. A. 6, 529.—*
   2    Sĭsyphēïus, a, um, adj., of Sisyphus: vincla, i. e. the marriage with Sisyphus (of his wife Merope), Avien. Arat. 597.—
   3    Sīsyphĭdes, ae, m., offspring of Sisyphus: Ulysses (v. supra, 1.), Ov. A. A. 3, 313.—
II A dwarf of M. Antony, so named by him because of his shrewdness. Hor. S. 1, 3, 47 Schol.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

Sīsўphus (-ŏs), ī, m. (Σίσυφος), Sisyphe [fils d’Éole, brigand tué par Thésée] : Cic. Tusc. 1, 98 ; Hor. S. 2, 3, 21 ; Ov. M. 4, 459.

Latin > German (Georges)

Sīsyphus u. -os, ī, m. (Σίσυφος), Sohn des Äolos, Bruder des Salmoneus u. König zu Korinth, berüchtigt als verschlagener Straßenräuber, der, von Theseus getötet, in der Unterwelt zur Strafe einen immer wieder zurückrollenden Stein auf einen Berg wälzen mußte, Hyg. fab. 60. Mythogr. Lat. 2, 105. Poëta bei Cic. Tusc. 1, 10. Ov. met. 4, 460 sqq.: vafer. Hor. sat. 2, 3, 21. – Dav.: A) Sīsyphēius, a, um (Σίσυφήϊος), sisyphëisch, vincla, Avien. Arat. 597 (wo die erste Silbe kurz). – B) Sīsyphēus, a, um, sisyphëisch, mare, Mythogr. Lat. 2, 105. – C) Sīsyphidēs, ae, m. (*Σισυφίδης), der Sisyphide (Sohn des Sisyphus), von Ulixes weil Sisyphus mit der Antiklea, vor ihrer Vermählung mit dem Laertes, den Ulixes gezeugt haben soll, Ov. art. am. 3, 313. – D) Sīsyphius, a, um, a) sisyphisch, Prop.: sanguine cretus Sisyphio, d.i. Ulixes, weil Sisyphus sein rechter Vater sein soll (s. Sisyphides), Ov. – b) korinthisch, weil Sisyphus König in Korinth gewesen, opes, Ov.