Protogenes
From LSJ
μή, φίλα ψυχά, βίον ἀθάνατον σπεῦδε, τὰν δ' ἔμπρακτον ἄντλει μαχανάν → Oh! my soul do not aspire to eternal life, but exhaust the limits of the possible. | Do not yearn, O my soul, for immortal life! Use to the utmost the skill that is yours. | Do not, my soul, strive for the life of the immortals, but exhaust the practical means at your disposal.
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
Prōtŏgĕnes: is, m., = Πρωτογένης,
I a celebrated Grecian painter of Caunus, on the coast of Caria, Cic. Brut. 18; id. Att. 2, 21, 4; Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 104; Gell. 15, 31 fin.>
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
Prōtŏgĕnēs,¹⁵ is, m. (Πρωτογένης), Protogène [célèbre peintre grec, de Rhodes] : Cic. Br. 70.
