Parthenope
Σκηνὴ πᾶς ὁ βίος καὶ παίγνιον: ἢ μάθε παίζειν, τὴν σπουδὴν μεταθείς, ἢ φέρε τὰς ὀδύνας → All life is a stage and a play: either learn to play laying your gravity aside, or bear with life's pains.
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
Parthĕnŏpē: ēs, f., = Παρθενόπη,
I one of the Sirens, who, on the departure of Ulysses, threw herself, for grief, into the sea, and was cast up on the shore where Naples afterwards stood; on this account that city was in early times called by her name, Sil. 12, 33; Verg. G. 4, 564; Ov. M. 15, 712.—Hence,
II Parthĕnŏpēĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Parthenope, i. e. to Naples, Neapolitan: moenia, Ov. M. 14, 101.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
Parthĕnŏpē,¹⁴ ēs, f. (Παρθενόπη), une des Sirènes qui, lorsque Ulysse leur eut échappé, se précipitèrent dans la mer ; son corps fut rejeté sur la côte à l’endroit où plus tard fut bâtie la ville de Naples, qui prit son nom : Virg. G. 4, 564 ; Ov. M. 15, 712 ; Plin. 3, 62.
