androdamas

From LSJ
Revision as of 08:08, 13 August 2017 by Spiros (talk | contribs) (6_1)
(diff) ← Older revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)

Ἢ μὴ γάμει τὸ σύνολον ἢ γαμῶν κράτει → Aut caelebs vive aut dominus uxori tuae → Bleib ledig oder herrsche über deine Frau

Menander, Monostichoi, 215

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

andrŏdămās: antis, m., = ἀνδροδάμας> (man-subduing).
I A species of bloodstone (so called from its great hardness), Plin. 36, 20, 38, § 146.—
II A silver-colored, quadrangular, and cubical precious stone (acc. to Bruckmann, a cubical, silver-colored marcasite), Plin. 37, 10, 54, § 144.