Philetas
From LSJ
Ὑπὸ γὰρ λόγων ὁ νοῦς μετεωρίζεται ἐπαίρεταί τ' ἄνθρωπος → Borne up by words, the mind soars aloft, and we reach the heights (Aristophanes, Birds 1447f.)
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
Phĭlētas: ae, m., = Φιλήτας,
I a Greek elegiac poet of Cos, an instructor of Ptolemy Philadelphus, Prop. 3 (4), 1, 1; Quint. 10, 1, 58.—Hence,
II Phĭlētēus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Philetas, Philetean: Philetea aqua, i. e. elegiac poetry, Prop. 3, 3 (4, 2), 52: Philetei corymbi, id. 4 (5), 6, 3.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
Phĭlētās,¹⁵ æ, m. (Φιλήτας), poète grec, contemporain d’Alexandre : Prop. 3, 1, 1 ; Quint. 10, 1, 58
