Acidalia
ἆρά γε λόγον ἔχει δυοῖν ἀρχαῖν, ὑλικῆς τε καὶ δραστικῆς → does it in fact have the function of two principles, the material and the active?
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
Ăcīdălĭa: ae, f., = Ἀκιδαλία,
I an epithet of Venus, perhaps from the Fountain Acidalius, in Boeotia, where the Graces, daughters of Venus, used to bathe, Verg. A. 1, 720 Serv.—Hence, Ăcīdălĭus, a, um, adj., pertaining to Venus: ludit Acidalio nodo, with the girdle of Venus, Mart. 6, 13: arundo, id. 9, 14: ales, i. e. a dove, Carm. ad Pis. 79.
Latin > German (Georges)
Acīdalia, ae, f. (Ἀκιδαλία), ein Beiname der Venus, von der Quelle Acidalia in Böotien, wo die Grazien, Töchter der Venus, sich badeten, Verg. Aen. 1, 720 (u. dazu Serv.). – Dah. Acīdalius, a, um, zur Acidalia (Venus) gehörig, acidalisch, nodus, Venusgürtel, Mart.: arundo, Rohr von Knidus, Mart.
