Picus

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τὸ μὲν εὖ πράσσειν ἀκόρεστον ἔφυ πᾶσι βροτοῖσιν → all mortals have by nature an insatiable appetite for success, our mortal state with bliss is never satiate, success is something for which humanity is insatiatable

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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

Pīcus: i, m.,
I son of Saturn, grandfather of Latinus, king of the aborigines, and a prophet; he was changed by Circe, whose love he had slighted, into a woodpecker, Ov. M. 14, 320; Verg. A. 7, 189 Serv.; Juv. 8, 131.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

(2) Pīcus,¹³ ī, m. (Πῖκος), roi du Latium, fils de Saturne, changé en pivert par Circé : Virg. En. 7, 189 ; Ov. M. 14, 320.