Caecina
πρὸ συντριβῆς ἡγεῖται ὕβρις → pride goeth before destruction, pride comes before a fall, pride goes before a fall, pride goeth before a fall, pride wenteth before a fall, pride cometh before a fall, pride comes before the fall
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
Κεκίνας, -α, ὁ.
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
Caecīna: (Cēc-), ae, m.,
I a river in Etruria, now the Cecina, Plin. 3, 5, 8, § 50.—
II A town in Etruria, Mel. 2, 4, 9.
Caecīna: (Cēc-), ae, m.,
I a surname in the gens Licinia, originating in Etruria (pure Etrusc. Ceicna, O. Müll. Etrusk. 1, p. 416), among whom the most celebrated is Licinius Cæcina, for whose Roman citizenship Cicero made the oration pro Caecinā, Cic. Fam. 6, 7, 1; 6, 6, 8; Suet. Caes. 75; cf. Sen. Q. N. 2, 39, 1; 2, 49, 1.—Hence, adj.: Caecīnĭānus, a, um: Caeciniana oratio, Mart. Cap. 5, § 527.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
Cæcīna,⁹ æ, m., nom d’une branche de la gens Licinia ; nott A. Licinius Cæcina défendu par Cicéron || -ĭānus, a, um, qui a trait à Cæcina : Capel. 5, 527.
Latin > German (Georges)
Caecīna, ae, m., Beiname der aus Etrurien stammenden gens Licinia (rein etruskisch Ceicna), aus der am bekanntesten A. Licinius Caecina aus Volaterrä, für dessen röm. Bürgerrecht Cicero die Rede pro Caecina hielt. – Dav. Caecīniānus, a, um, Cäcina betreffend, subst. Caecīniāna, ae, f. (sc. oratio), die Rede Ciceros für Cäcina, Mart. Cap. 5. § 527.
