Pyrene
ἀλλ' ἐπὶ καὶ θανάτῳ φάρμακον κάλλιστον ἑᾶς ἀρετᾶς ἅλιξιν εὑρέσθαι σὺν ἄλλοις → even at the price of death, the fairest way to win his own exploits together with his other companions | but even at the risk of death would find the finest elixir of excellence together with his other companions | but to find, together with other young men, the finest remedy — the remedy of one's own valor — even at the risk of death
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
Pȳrēnē: (y scanned short, Tib. 1, 7, 10), ēs, f., = Πυρηνη.
I One of the fifty daughters of Danaüs, Hyg. Fab. 170.—
II Daughter of Bebryx, beloved by Hercules, and buried upon the mountains called after her name; cf. Sil. 3, 420 sq.—
2 Transf.
a The Pyrenæan Mountains, the Pyrenees, Tib. 1, 7, 9; Luc. 1, 689; Sil. 1, 487: Pyrenes promunturium, Liv. 26, 19.—
b Spain, Sil. 15, 451; 16, 247: Pyrenes populi, id. 1, 190.—Hence,
1 Pȳrēnaeus (y scanned short, Luc. 4, 83), a, um, adj.
(a) Of or belonging to Pyrene, Pyrenæan: Pyrenaei montes or Pyrenaeus saltus, the Pyrenæan Mountains, the Pyrenees, Caes. B. G. 1, 1; id. B. C. 1, 37; 3, 19; Liv. 21, 23 sq.; Mel. 2, 5, 1; Plin. 16, 16, 28, § 71; Sil. 3, 415; Aus. Ep. 24, 69.—
(b) Of or belonging to the Pyrenees, Pyrenæan: nives, Luc. 4, 83: juvenci, Claud. in Eutr. 1, 406: Venus, who was worshipped on the Pyrenees, Plin. 3, 3, 4, § 22.— Also, subst.: Pȳrēnaeum, i, n., Plin. 3, 3, 4, § 18.—
2 Pȳrēnāĭcus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to the Pyrenees, Pyrenæan: nives, Aus. Urb. in Narbone, 13, 6 dub. (al. Pyrenaeis).
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
Pȳrēnē,¹⁵ ēs, f. (Πυρήνη), (Pўr- Tib. 1, 7, 9 )
1 une des 50 filles de Danaüs : Hyg. Fab. 170
2 fille de Bébryx, aimée d’Hercule, qui donna son nom aux Pyrénées où elle fut ensevelie : Sil. 3, 420 || [d’où] a) Pyrene = montagne des Pyrénées : Tib. 1, 7, 9 ; Luc. 1, 487 ; b) = Espagne : Sil. 15, 45 ; 16, 246 || Pȳrēnæus, a, um (Pў- Luc. 4, 83 ), pyrénéen : a) Pyrenæi montes Cæs. G. 1, 1, 7 ; Liv. 21, 23, 2 ; ou Pyrenæi saltus Cæs. C. 1, 37, 1 ; ou Pyrenæus mons Sil. 3, 415 ; ou saltus Pyrenæus Cæs. C. 3, 19, 2 ; ou Pyrenæus saltus Liv. 21, 30, 5 ; ou Pyrenæus seul Liv. 26, 43, 8 ; 27, 19, 1, les monts Pyrénées ; Pyrenæi promunturium Liv. 26, 19, 11, le cap pyrénéen [à l’est ; b) Pyrenæa Venus Plin. 3, 22, Vénus Pyrénéenne [qui avait un temple sur les Pyrénées] ; Pyrenææ nives Luc. 4, 83, neiges pyrénéennes || Pȳrēnāĭcus, a, um, pyrénéen : Aus. Urb. 13, 6 || Pȳrēnis, ĭdis, adj. f., des Pyrénées : Avien. Perieg. 883.
