Acidalia
ἐν πιθήκοις ὄντα δεῖ εἶναι πίθηκον → in Rome we do as the Romans do | when in Rome, do as the Romans do | when in Rome, do as the Romans | when in Rome, do like the Romans do | when in Rome | being among monkeys one has to be a monkey
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
Ăcīdălĭa: ae, f., = Ἀκιδαλία,
I an epithet of Venus, perhaps from the Fountain Acidalius, in Boeotia, where the Graces, daughters of Venus, used to bathe, Verg. A. 1, 720 Serv.—Hence, Ăcīdălĭus, a, um, adj., pertaining to Venus: ludit Acidalio nodo, with the girdle of Venus, Mart. 6, 13: arundo, id. 9, 14: ales, i. e. a dove, Carm. ad Pis. 79.
Latin > German (Georges)
Acīdalia, ae, f. (Ἀκιδαλία), ein Beiname der Venus, von der Quelle Acidalia in Böotien, wo die Grazien, Töchter der Venus, sich badeten, Verg. Aen. 1, 720 (u. dazu Serv.). – Dah. Acīdalius, a, um, zur Acidalia (Venus) gehörig, acidalisch, nodus, Venusgürtel, Mart.: arundo, Rohr von Knidus, Mart.
