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Πρωτεύς

From LSJ

Ubi idem et maximus et honestissimus amor est, aliquando praestat morte jungi, quam vita distrahi → Where indeed the greatest and most honourable love exists, it is much better to be joined by death, than separated by life.

Valerius Maximus, De Factis Dictisque

French (Bailly abrégé)

έως (ὁ) :
Protée, dieu marin.
Étymologie: DELG πρῶτος.

English (Autenrieth)

Proteus, the prophetic old man of the sea, changing himself into many shapes, Od. 4.365, 385.

Russian (Dvoretsky)

Πρωτεύς: έως, эп.-ион. έος ὁ Протей (вещий морской старец-оборотень на о-ве Фарос) Hom.