monocolus

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Κενῆς δὲ δόξης οὐδὲν ἀθλιώτερον → Nihil est inani gloria infelicius → Als leerer Ruhm jedoch ist nichts unseliger

Menander, Monostichoi, 289

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

mŏnŏcōlus: i, m., = μονόκωλος,
I onelegged, epithet applied to a fabled race of giants, each with but one leg of prodigious strength (post-Aug.): hominum genus, qui monocoli vocarentur, singulis cruribus, Plin. 7, 2, 2, § 23; cf. Gell. 9, 4, 9; Sol. 52, 29.