Cinyras
τίς δ' οἶδεν εἰ τὸ ζῆν μέν ἐστι κατθανεῖν, τὸ κατθανεῖν δὲ ζῆν κάτω νομίζεται → who knows if life is death, and if in the underworld death is considered life
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
Cĭnyras: (Cĭnyra, Plin. 7, 56, 57, § 195), ae, m., = Κινύρας.
I A king in Assyria, afterwards in Cyprus; father of Myrrha, and, by her, of Adonis, Ov. M. 10, 299 sq.; cf. Hyg. Fab. 58; 242; 270; acc. Gr. Cinyran, Ov. M. 6, 98; voc. Cinyrā, id. ib. 10, 380.—Hence,
A Cĭnyrēĭus, a, um, adj., Cinyrean: virgo, i. e. Myrrha, Ov. M. 10, 369; Col. 10, 172: juvenis, i. e. Adonis, Ov. M. 10, 712; so also heros, id. ib. 10, 730. —
B Cĭnyraeus, a, um, adj., of Cinyras: litora Cypri, Luc. 8, 716.—
C Cĭny-rēus, a, um, adj., the same: germina, i. e. Myrrha, Stat. S. 5, 1, 214.—
II A leader of the Ligurians, Verg. A. 10, 186.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
Cĭnўrās, æ, m., roi de Chypre, père d’Adonis : Ov. M. 10, 299
