phoenix

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Ἡ δ᾽ ἐμὴ ψυχὴ πάλαι τέθνηκεν, ὥστε τοῖς θανοῦσιν ὠφελεῖν → My soul died long ago so that I could give some help to the dead

Sophocles, Antigone, 559-60

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

phoenix: īcis (acc. Phoenica, Ov. M. 15, 393), m.,
I the phœnix, a fabulous bird in Arabia. It was said to live 500 years, and from its ashes a young phœnix arose, Sen. Ep. 42, 1; Plin. 10, 2, 2, § 3; Tac. A. 6, 28; Aur. Vict. Caes. 4; Ov. Am. 2, 6, 54; id. M. 15, 393; Stat. S. 2, 4, 36; Claud. Laud. Stil. 2, 417.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

(1) phœnīx,¹⁴ īcis (φοῖνιξ),
1 m., phénix [oiseau fabuleux] : Sen. Ep. 42, 1 ; Tac. Ann. 6, 28 ; Ov. M. 15, 392
2 f., le palmier : Plin. 29, 56.

Latin > German (Georges)

(3) phoenīx3, īcis, f. (φοίνιξ), der Palmbaum, phoenix elate, Plin. 29, 56.

Latin > English

phoenix phoenicis N M :: phoenix, a fabulous bird of Arabia