Attalus
διὸ καὶ μεταλάττουσι τὴν φυσικὴν χρῆσιν εἰς τὴν παρὰ φύσιν αἱ δοκοῦσαι παρθένοι τῶν εἰδώλων → therefore those professing to be virgins of the idols even change the natural use into the unnatural (Origen, commentary on Romans 1:26)
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
Attălus: i, m., = Ἄτταλος.
The name of several kings of Pergamos, the most renowned of whom, both from his wealth and his discovery of the art of weaving cloth from gold, was Attalus III., who made the Roman people his heir, Plin. 8, 48, 74, § 196; 33, 11, 53, § 148; Flor. 2, 20, 2; 3, 12, 3; Hor. C. 2, 18, 5.—Hence,
B Attălĭcus, a, um, adj., of or pertaining to Attalus, Attalian: urbes, i. e. Pergamean, Hor. Ep. 1, 11, 5: Attalicas supera vestes, woven with gold, Prop. 4, 17, 19: Porticus aulaeis nobilis Attalicis, id. 3, 30, 12; Sil. 14, 659.—Also absol.: Attălĭca, ōrum, n. (sc. vestimenta), garments of inwoven gold: Aurum intexere in eādem Asiā invenit Attalus rex, unde nomen Attalicis, Plin. 8, 48, 74, § 196: torus, ornamented with such cloth or tapestry, Prop. 3, 5, 6; 5, 5, 24.—Meton., rich, splendid, brilliant: Attalicis condicionibus Numquam dimoveas, etc., Hor. C. 1, 1, 12: divitiae, Tert. Jejun. 15 fin.—
II A general of Alexander the Great, Curt. 4, 13. —
III A Macedonian, enemy of Alexander, Curt. 6, 9.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
Attălus,¹¹ ī, m.,
1 Attale [roi de Pergame, célèbre par ses richesses] : Hor. O. 2, 18, 5 ; Plin. 8, 196 ; 33, 148
2 pers. divers : Cic. Q. 1, 2, 14 ; Verr. 2, 4, 59 ; Liv. 25, 23, 7
3 philosophe stoïcien : Sen. Ep. 108, 13, etc.
Latin > German (Georges)
Attalus, ī, m. (Ἄτταλος), Name mehrerer Könige in Pergamum, unter denen am berühmtesten sowohl durch seinen Reichtum u. prächtigen Hausrat, als durch die Erfindung der Kunst, Gold in die Kleider zu weben, Attalus III. Philometor (Varr. r. r. 1, 1, 8), der die Römer als Erben seiner Schätze u. seines Reiches einsetzte, Plin. 8, 196. Liv. epit. 58. Vitr. 4, 1, 4. Vell. 2, 4, 1. Hor. carm. 2, 18, 5. – Dav.: a) Attalicus, a, um (Ἀτταλικός), attalisch, hereditas, Varro: agri, im Cherrones, Cic.: urbes, pergamenische, Hor.: reges, Vitr.: vestes, Prop., od. aulaea, Sil., od. subst. bl. Attalica, ōrum, n., Plin., mit Gold durchwebte Kleider oder Vorhänge usw.: condiciones, die glänzendsten usw., Hor. – b) Attalis, lidis, Akk. lida, f. (Ἀτταλίς), die attalische Phyle (Zunft) in Athen, so gen. zu Ehren des Königs Attalus, Liv. 31, 15, 6.
