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Sophocles, Fragment 698

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

aequĭnoctĭum: i, n. aequus-nox,
I the time of equal days and nights, the equinox, Cic. Att. 12, 28, 3; Caes. B. G. 4, 36; cf. id. ib. 5, 23, Varr. L. L. 6, § 8 Müll.: autumnale, Liv 31, 47: vernum, id. 33, 3: aestus duobus aequinoctiis maxime tumentes et autumnali amplius quam verno, etc., Plin. 2, 97, 99, § 215.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

æquĭnoctĭum,¹³ ĭī, n. (æquus, nox), équinoxe, égalité des jours et des nuits : Cato Agr. 144 ; Cic. Att. 12, 28, 3 ; Cæs. G. 4, 36, 2 ; Varro L. 6, 8 ; Plin. 2, 215.