Ascalaphus
From LSJ
τὰ πρὸ Εὐκλείδου ἐξετάζειν → investigate what happened before the flood, investigate what happened in the distant past, investigate what happened before Euclid, investigate what happened before the year of Euclid
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
Ascălăphus: i, m., = Ἀσκάλαφος,
I a son of Acheron and Orphne, who made known to Pluto that Proserpine had eaten seven kernels of a pomegranate, on account of which he was changed by her into an illboding owl (bubo), Ov. M. 5, 539 sq.; cf. Serv. ad Verg. A. 4, 462.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
Ascălăphus, ī, m.,
1 fils de l’Achéron : Ov. M. 5, 539
2 fils de Mars : Hyg. Fab. 159.
