Mantua
εἰ ἀποκρυπτόντων τῶν Μήδων τὸν ἥλιον ὑπὸ σκιῇ ἔσοιτο πρὸς αὐτοὺς ἡ μάχη καὶ οὐκ ἐν ἡλίῳ → if the Medes hid the sun, the battle would be to them in the shade and not in the sun
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
Mantŭa: ae, f.,
I a city of Gallia Transpadana, on the Mincius, in whose vicinity was Andes, the birthplace of Virgil, still called Mantua, Plin. 3, 19, 23, § 130; Liv. 24, 10, 7; Verg. A. 10, 200: Mantua Vergilio gaudet, Ov. Am. 3, 15, 7; Sil. 8, 595.— Hence,
II Mantŭānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Mantua or to Virgil, Mantuan, Virgilian: fama, Stat. S. 4, 7, 26: Maro, Min. Fel. Octav. 19: vates, Mart. Cap. 2, § 212; also called Mantuanus Homerus, Macr. S. 1, 16; and Mantuanus, id. ib. 5, 1: carmina, Virgil's poems, Sol. 46.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
Mantŭa,¹³ æ, f., Mantoue [ville d’Italie, sur le Pô, patrie de Virgile] : Plin. 3, 130 ; Virg. En. 10, 200 ; Liv. 24, 10, 7 ; Ov. Am. 3, 15, 7 || -ānus, a, um, de Mantoue, de Virgile : Stat. S. 4, 7, 26 ; Macr. Sat. 1, 16 ; subst. m., l’h. de Mantoue, Virgile : Macr. Sat. 5, 1.
