Philetas
καὶ οἱ ἀμαθέστατοι τῶν ἰατρῶν τὸ αὐτὸ σοὶ ποιοῦσιν, ἐλεφαντίνους νάρθηκας καὶ σικύας ἀργυρᾶς ποιούμενοι καὶ σμίλας χρυσοκολλήτους: ὁπόταν δὲ καὶ χρήσασθαι τούτοις δέῃ, οἱ μὲν οὐδὲ ὅπως χρὴ μεταχειρίσασθαι αὐτὰ ἴσασιν → the most ignorant of doctors do the same as you, getting themselves ivory containers, silver cupping instruments, and gold-inlaid scalpels; but when it's time to use those things, they haven't the slightest notion of how to handle them
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
Phĭlētas: ae, m., = Φιλήτας,
I a Greek elegiac poet of Cos, an instructor of Ptolemy Philadelphus, Prop. 3 (4), 1, 1; Quint. 10, 1, 58.—Hence,
II Phĭlētēus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Philetas, Philetean: Philetea aqua, i. e. elegiac poetry, Prop. 3, 3 (4, 2), 52: Philetei corymbi, id. 4 (5), 6, 3.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
Phĭlētās,¹⁵ æ, m. (Φιλήτας), poète grec, contemporain d’Alexandre : Prop. 3, 1, 1 ; Quint. 10, 1, 58 || -æus, a, um, de Philétas : Prop. 3, 3, 52.
