Messalla

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ἢ λέγε τι σιγῆς κρεῖττον ἢ σιγὴν ἔχε → either say something better than silence or keep silence (Menander)

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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

Messalla: (less correctly Messāla), ae, m.,
I a Roman surname in the gens Valeria: Corvinus primus Messanam vicit, et pri mus ex familiā Valeriorum, urbis captae in se translato nomine, Messana appellatus est: paulatimque vulgo permutante litteras, Messalla dictus, Sen. Vit. Beat. 13. The most celebrated is the orator M. Valerius Messalla Corvinus, in the time of Cicero and Augustus, Cic. Att. 15, 17, 2; 16, 16, A, 5; Tib. 4, 1, 1; Hor. A. P. 371; Sen. Contr. 2, 12, 8.—In plur., Ov. P. 4, 16, 43.

Latin > German (Georges)

Messalla (Messāla), ae, m., Name einer Familie des valerischen Geschlechts, aus der am bekanntesten M. Valerius Messalla Corvinus, jüngerer Zeitgenosse Ciceros, später unter Augustus Gönner Tibulls, Cic. ad Att. 15, 17, 2; 16, 16. litt. A. § 5. Tibull. 4, 1, 1: bewundert als gewandter Redner, Hor. de art. poët. 371. Sen. contr. 2, 12, 8: im Plur., Verg. catal. 11, 40. Ov. ex Pont. 4, 16, 43. Sen. de clem. 1, 10, 1. – bl. Corvinus, Hor. sat. 1, 10, 29. – u. Messalīna, die unzüchtige Gemahlin des Kaisers Klaudius, Tac. ann. 11, 2 sq. Suet. Claud. 26 sqq. Iuven. 10, 333.

Latin > English

Messalla Messallae N M :: Messalla, Roman cognomen; also Messala; M. Valerius Messalla Corvinus, orator