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Britomartis

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Ἔοικα γοῦν τούτου γε σμικρῷ τινι αὐτῷ τούτῳ σοφώτερος εἶναι, ὅτι ἃ μὴ οἶδα οὐδὲ οἴομαι εἰδέναι → I seem, then, in just this little thing to be wiser than this man at any rate, that what I do not know I do not think I know either

Plato, Apology 21d

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

Brĭtŏmartis: is, f., = Βριτόμαρτις (Cretan, ΒΠΙΤΥ>, rich in blessing, and ΜΑΠΤΙΣ>, maiden, Sol. 11).
I A Cretan nymph, daughter of Jupiter and Carme, inventress of the hunting-net; when pursued by Minos, she cast herself into the sea, Verg. Cir. 285 sq.—
II An epithet of the Cretan Diana: ignea, Claud. III. Cons. Stil. 251: lucos Britomartis agit, id. ib. 303.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

Brĭtŏmartis, is, f., nom d’une nymphe de Crète : Claud. Cons. Stil. 3, 251.

Latin > German (Georges)

Britomartis, tis, Vok. ti, f. (Βριτόμαρτις, vom kret. βριτυς = süß, segensreich, u. *μάρτις = μαρνά, Jungfrau; virgo dulcis übersetzt v. Solin. 11, 8, wo Akk. Britomartem), urspr. eine kretische Segensgottheit, als Nymphe der Diana mit den Beinamen Aphaea u. Dictynna (s.u.d. WW. das Nähere), Ps. Verg. cir. 294 sq., spät. mit der kretischen Diana identifiziert, Claud. cons. Stil. 3, 251 u. 303.

Spanish > Greek

Βριτόμαρτις