lychnus
τίς γὰρ ἁδονᾶς ἄτερ θνατῶν βίος ποθεινὸς ἢ ποία τυραννίς; τᾶς ἄτερ οὐδὲ θεῶν ζηλωτὸς αἰών → What human life is desirable without pleasure, or what lordly power? Without it not even the life of the gods is enviable.
Latin > English
lychnus lychni N M :: lamp (esp. one hung from the ceiling)
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
lychnus: (old Latinized form lucinus, Enn.; cf. Ritschl in Rhein. Mus. 10, p. 448 sq.), i, m., = λύχνος,
I a light, a lamp: pendentes lychni, Lucr. 5, 295: lux alia est solis et lychnorum, Cic. Cael. 28, 67; Verg. A. 1, 726; Stat. Th. 1, 520.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
lychnus,¹⁴ ī, m. (λύχνος), lampe : Lucr. 5, 295 ; Cic. Cæl. 67 ; Virg. En. 1, 726 ; pendentes lychni Lucr. 1, 43, lustres.
Latin > German (Georges)
lychnus, ī, m. (λύχνος), die Leuchte, der Leuchter, die Lampe, Enn. ann. 323. Lucil. 15. Lucr. 5, 295. Cic. Cael. 67. Verg. Aen. 1, 726 (wo Ribbeck lychinus liest). Stat. Theb. 1, 520.
