Daphnis
Θησεύς τινʹ ἡμάρτηκεν ἐς σʹ ἁμαρτίαν; (Euripides, Hippolytus 319) → Hath Theseus wronged thee in any wise?
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
Daphnis: ĭdis, m., Δάφνις.
I A son of Mercury, a beautiful young shepherd in Sicily, the inventor of pastoral songs, and hence a favorite of Pan, Ov. M. 4, 277.—Acc. usu. Daphnim, Verg. E. 2, 26; 5, 20; 7, 7 et saep: Daphnin, id. ib. 5, 52; Prop. 2, 34, 68 (3, 32, 68 M.).—
II A grammarian, sportively called, in allusion to the preceding, Πανὸς ἀγάπημα, Suet. Gramm. 3; Plin. 7, 39, 40, § 128.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
Daphnis,¹¹ ĭdis (et is), m.,
1 fils de Mercure, inventeur de la poésie bucolique, en Sicile : Virg. B. 2, 26, etc. || nom de berger : Virg. B. 7, 1
2 Lutatius Daphnis, grammairien : Suet. Gramm. 3
3 Daphnidis insula, île de Daphnis [dans le golfe Arabique] : Plin. 7, 40.
