Protagoras
ἅτε γὰρ ἐννάλιον πόνον ἐχοίσας βαθύν σκευᾶς ἑτέρας, ἀβάπτιστος εἶμι φελλὸς ὣς ὑπὲρ ἕρκος ἅλμας → for just as when the rest of the tackle labors in the depths of the sea, like a cork I shall go undipped over the surface of the brine | as when the other part of the tackle is laboring deep in the sea, I go unsoaked like a cork above the surface of the sea
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
Πρωταγόρας, -ου, ὁ.
Of Protagoras, adj.: Πρωταγόρειος.
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
Prōtăgŏras: ae, m., = Πρωταγόρας,
I a celebrated sophist of Abdera, a disciple of Democritus, and an older contemporary of Socrates; he was banished from Athens on a suspicion of atheism, Cic. N. D. 1, 1, 2; 1, 23, 63; id. Ac. 2, 46, 142; id. Brut. 8, 30; 12, 46; Gell. 5, 3, 1 sqq.—Hence, Prōtăgŏrīon, ĭi, n., = Πρωταγόρειον, a dictum or maxim of Protagoras, Gell. 5, 11, 1.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
Prōtăgŏrās,¹⁵ æ, m. (Πρωταγόρας), sophiste d’Abdère, chassé par les Athéniens pour son impiété : Cic. Nat. 1, 2 ; Br. 30 || -rīŏn, ĭī, n., une maxime de Protagoras : Gell. 5, 11, 1.
