Isis
From LSJ
ἐν οἰκίᾳ τυφλῶν καὶ ὁ νυκτάλωψ ὀξυδερκής → even the day-blind is sharp-eyed in a blind house | among the blind, the one-eyed man is king
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
Ἶσις, -ιδος, ἡ.
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
Īsis: is, and ĭdis. f., = Ἶσις,>
I the Egyptian goddess Isis, Cic. N. D. 3, 19, 47; Ov. M. 9, 772; Tac. G. 9; Luc. 9, 158.—
B Hence,
1 Isidis crinis, an unknown plant, Juba ap. Plin. 13, 25, 52, § 142.—
2 Isidis sidus, the planet Venus, Plin. 2, 8, 6, § 37.—
II Deriv. Īsĭăcus, a, um, adj., = Ἰσιακός,> of or belonging to Isis: conjectores, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 58, 132: focus, Ov. P. 1, 1, 52: Isiacae sacraria lenae, Juv. 6, 488.—Subst.: Īsĭă-cus, i, m., a priest of Isis, Suet. Dom. 1; Val. Max. 7, 3, 8; Plin. 27, 7, 29, § 53 al.
