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Britomartis

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Ὁ δὲ μὴ δυνάμενος κοινωνεῖν ἢ μηδὲν δεόμενος δι' αὐτάρκειαν οὐθὲν μέρος πόλεως, ὥστε θηρίον θεός → Whoever is incapable of associating, or has no need to because of self-sufficiency, is no part of a state; so he is either a beast or a god

Aristotle, Politics, 1253a25

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