Electra
έγ', ὦ ταλαίπωρ', αὐτὸς ὧν χρείᾳ πάρει. τὰ πολλὰ γάρ τοι ῥήματ' ἢ τέρψαντά τι, ἢ δυσχεράναντ', ἢ κατοικτίσαντά πως, παρέσχε φωνὴν τοῖς ἀφωνήτοις τινά → Wretched brother, tell him what you need. A multitude of words can be pleasurable, burdensome, or they can arouse pity somehow — they give a kind of voice to the voiceless | Tell him yourself, poor brother, what it is you need! For abundance of words, bringing delight or being full of annoyance or pity, can sometimes lend a voice to those who are speechless.
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
Ἠλέκτρα, ἡ, or say, daughter of Agamemnon.
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
Ēlectra: ae (nom. with long
I a, Prop. 2, 14, 5 (3, 6, 5 M.); Ov. F. 4, 177; Cic. Arat. 36; acc.: Electrān, Ov. Tr. 2, 395; id. F. 4, 32; 174), f., = Ἠλέκτρα.
I Daughter of Atlas and Pleione, one of the seven Pleiades, and mother of Dardanus by Jupiter, Ov. F. 4, 31 sq.; 174; Verg. A. 8, 135; Serv. ib. 7, 207; 10, 272; Hyg. Fab. 155 and 192. —Hence, Ēlectrĭus, a, um, adj.: tellus, i. e. Samothrace, Val. Fl. 2, 431.—
II Daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra, and sister of Orestes, Prop. 2, 14, 5 (3, 6, 5 M.); Hor. S. 2, 3, 140; Vell. 1, 1, 3; Juv. 8, 218; Hyg. Fab. 117; 122; Serv. Verg. A. 4, 471.—Also the name of a tragedy, Ov. Tr. 2, 395; Suet. Caes. 84.—
III A Danaïd, Hyg. Fab. 170.—
An Oceanid, wife of Thaumas, and mother of the Harpies, Serv. Verg. A. 3, 212; 241.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
Ēlectra,¹² æ, f. (Ἠλέκτρα), Électre [fille d’Atlas, mère de Dardanus : Virg. En. 8, 135 || la même, changée, après sa mort, en une pléiade : Cic. Arat. 34, 37 || fille de Clytemnestre et d’Agamemnon : Prop. 2, 14, 15 ; Hor. S. 2, 3, 140 ; Electran (acc. grec) Ov. Tr. 2, 1, 395 || une des Danaïdes : Hyg. Fab. 170 || une Océanide, mère des Harpies : Serv. En. 3, 212 || -ius, a, um, d’Électre (fille d’Atlas) : Val. Flacc. 2, 431.
Latin > German (Georges)
Ēlectra, ae, f. (Ἠλέκτρα), I) Tochter des Atlas, eine der Plejaden, Mutter des Dardanus von Jupiter, Ov. fast. 4, 31 sqq. Verg. Aen. 8, 135. Hyg. fab. 155 u. 192. – Dav. Ēlectrius, a, um, elektrisch, tellus, d.i. Samothrace, Val. Flacc. 2, 431. – II) Tochter des Agamemnon, Gemahlin des Pylades, Schwester des Orestes u. der Iphigenia, Prop. 2, 14, 5. Hor. sat. 2, 3, 140. Vell. 1, 1, 3; vgl. Hyg. fab. 117 u. 122.
