Adrastea
νεκρὸν ἐάν ποτ' ἴδηις καὶ μνήματα κωφὰ παράγηις κοινὸν ἔσοπτρον ὁρᾶις· ὁ θανὼν οὕτως προσεδόκα → whenever you see a body dead, or pass by silent tombs, you look into the mirror of all men's destiny: the dead man expected nothing else | if you ever see a corpse or walk by quiet graves, that's when you look into the mirror we all share: the dead expected this
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
Ἀδραστεία, ἡ.
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
Ā̆drastēa: or Ā̆drastīa, ae, f., = Ἀδράστεια.
I The daughter of Jupiter and Necessity (so called from an altar erected to her by Adrastus), the goddess who rewards men for their deeds, and who esp. punishes pride and arrogance: quod nec sinit Adrastea, Verg. Cir. 239: ineffugibilis, App. de Mund. p. 75; Amm. 14, 11.—
II A city of Mysia, later called Parium, Plin. 5, 32, 40, § 141; Just. 11, 6, 10.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
Adrastēa (-tīa), æ, f. (Ἀδράστεια), surnom de Némésis : Amm. 14, 11, 25 ; 22, 3, 12.
Latin > German (Georges)
Adrastēa (od. -īa), ae, f. (Ἀδράστεια), die Unentfliehbare, Unentrinnbare, Beiname der Nemesis (s. Nemesis), Amm. 14, 11, 25; 22, 3, 12. Apul. de mundo 38. Ps. Verg. Cir. 239.
