flavus
διὸ δὴ πᾶς ἀνὴρ σπουδαῖος τῶν ὄντων σπουδαίων πέρι πολλοῦ δεῖ μὴ γράψας ποτὲ ἐν ἀνθρώποις εἰς φθόνον καὶ ἀπορίαν καταβαλεῖ → And this is the reason why every serious man in dealing with really serious subjects carefully avoids writing, lest thereby he may possibly cast them as a prey to the envy and stupidity of the public | Therefore every man of worth, when dealing with matters of worth, will be far from exposing them to ill feeling and misunderstanding among men by committing them to writing
Latin > English
flavus flava, flavum ADJ :: yellow, golden, gold colored; flaxen, blond; gloden-haired (Latham)
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
flāvus: a, um, adj. for flag-vus from FLAG, flagro, burning, light-colored,
I golden yellow, reddish yellow, flaxen-colored, ξανθός (mostly poet.): color, Col. 4, 3, 4: mellis dulci flavoque liquore, Lucr. 1, 938; 4, 13: mella, Mart. 1, 56, 10: aurum, Verg. A. 1, 592: Ceres, id. G. 1, 96; cf. of the same: et te, flava comas, frugum mitissima mater, Ov. M. 6, 118: mare marmore flavo, Enn. ap. Gell. 2, 26 (Ann. v. 377 ed. Vahl.): arva, Verg. G. 1, 316: crines, id. A. 12, 605: coma, Hor. C. 1, 5, 4; cf.: Galanthis flava comas, Ov. M. 9, 307: flavus comarum Curio, Sil. 9, 414: Ganymedes, Hor. C. 4, 4, 4: Phyllis, id. ib. 2, 4, 14: Chloë, id. ib. 3, 9, 19: Tiberis, reddish yellow (from the puzzolan earth on its ground), id. ib. 1, 2, 13; 1, 8, 8; 2, 3, 18: Tiberinus multa flavus harena, Verg. A. 7, 31; Ov. M. 14, 447: Lycormas, id. ib. 2, 245: pudor, blushing, Sen. Hippol. 652: capillus in flavum colorem, Vulg. Lev. 13, 36; 30.— Subst.: an de moneta Caesaris decem flavos, gold pieces (cf. Engl. yellow-boys), Mart. 12, 65, 6.—Comp.: flavior, Boëth. ap. Porphyr. Dial. 2, p. 31.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
flāvus,¹⁰ a, um, jaune : flava arva Virg. G. 1, 316, campagnes dorées || blond : Hor. O. 4, 4, 4 ; Ov. M. 6, 118 || rougeâtre : flavus pudor Sen. Phædra 652, le rouge de la pudeur || flāvus, ī, m., pièce d’or : Mart. 12, 65, 6.
Latin > German (Georges)
flāvus, a, um, gelb, in verschiedenen Abstufungen, wie ξανθός, goldgelb, rotgelb, blond, Ceres, Verg.: arva, Verg.: Tiberis, Hor.: coma, Hor.: crines, Verg.: Ganymedes, goldgelockt, blondgelockt, Hor.: pudor, errötende, Sen. poët.: Compar., alius procerior alius fuscior alius flavior, Boëth. in Porphyr. dial. 2. p. 81. – subst., decem flavi, Goldfüchse = Goldstücke, Mart. 12, 65, 6. – flavo crinem condire, mit Goldstaub pudern, Treb. Poll. Gallien. 21, 4.
