Dictys

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τὸ μὴ γὰρ εἶναι κρεῖσσον ἢ τὸ ζῆν κακῶς → for it is better not to exist than to live in misery

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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

Dictys: yos, m., Δίκτυς.
I A mariner changed by Bacchus into a dolphin, Ov. M. 3, 615.—
II A centaur, slain at the wedding of Pirithoüs, Ov. M. 12, 334 sq.—
III A fisherman on the island of Seriphos, who saved Perseus from drowning, Stat. S. 2, 1, 95.—
Dictys Cretensis, the traditional author of a mythical history of the Trojan war, in Greek; preserved to us in the Latin translation of L. Septimius, v. Teuffel, Roem. Lit. § 416, 1-4.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

Dictys, yis ou yŏs, m., un des Centaures, tué par Pirithoüs : Ov. M. 12, 334