Smintheus
ἄμμες δὲ γ' ἐσσόμεσθα πολλῷ κάρρονες → and we shall be better by far | we shall be sometime mightier men by far than both | sometime we shall become much better than you | so we shall be, and braver far
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
Smintheus: or Zmin- (dissyl.), ĕi, m., = Σμινθεύς,
I an epithet of Apollo (from the Cretan σμίνθος, mouse, i. e. the mousekiller; or, as Aristarchus asserts, from Smintha (Σμίνθη), a town in the Troad, the Sminthean, Lact. 1, 7, 9; Ov. F. 6, 425; acc. Sminthea, id. M. 12, 585.—Hence,
1 Sminthēus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Smintheus: spolia, i. e. Astynome, daughter of Chryses, priest of Apollo, Sen. Agam. 176.—
2 Sminthius (Zmin-), a, um, adj., of Smintheus: mures (acc. to the myth, killed by Apollo), Arn. 3, 119; Dict. Cret. 14; 47: templum, Plin. 5, 30, 32, § 123.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
(1) Sminthēus, a, um, de Smynthée, d’Apollon : Sen. Ag. 176.
(2) Smintheūs,¹⁶ ĕī ou ĕos (Σμινθεύς), m., Sminthée, surnom d’Apollon : Ov. F. 6, 425 ; M. 12, 585.
