Baucis

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Οὐκ ἔστι σιγᾶν αἰσχρόν, ἀλλ' εἰκῆ λαλεῖν → Silere non est turpe, sed frustra loqui → nicht Schweigen schändet, sondern Schwätzen auf gut Glück

Menander, Monostichoi, 417

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

Baucis: ĭdis, f., = Βαῦκις.
I The wife of Philemon, in Phrygia. She, with her husband, entertained, in a very hospitable manner, Jupiter and Mercury, who came to them in the form of men; in return for which they were changed to two sacred trees before their hut, which became a temple, Ov. M. 8, 631 sq.—
II Meton., an old woman, Pers. 4, 21.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

Baucis,¹⁶ ĭdis, f., femme de Philémon : Ov. M. 8, 631