Stymphalus
εἰς τετρημένον πίθον ἀντλεῖν → run water into a punctured pitcher, to the perforated jar bale water, labour in vain, labor in vain
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
Stymphālus: i, m., or Stymphā-lum, i, n., = Στύμφαλος,
I a district in Arcadia, with a town, mountain, and lake of the same name, celebrated in fable as the haunt of a species of odious birds of prey, very vexatious to the inhabitants, but which were finally destroyed by Hercules, Plin. 4, 6, 10, § 20; Suet. Vit. Ter. 5; Stat. S. 4, 6, 100; id. Th. 4, 298; Claud. Idyll. 2, 1.— Plur.: Stymphala, Lucr. 5, 30.—Hence,
A Stymphālĭcus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Stymphalus, Stymphalian: aves, Plaut. Pers. 1, 1, 4.—
B Stym-phālĭus, a, um, adj., Stymphalian: monstra, Cat. 68, 113.—
C Stymphālis (scanned Stymphălis, Aus. Idyll. 19, 5), ĭdis, adj. f., of Stymphalus, Stymphalian: undae, Ov. M. 9, 187; id. F. 2, 273; cf. Plin. 2, 103, 106, § 227: silva, Ov. M. 5, 585: aves, Hyg. Fab. 20; 30; cf. Serv. Verg. A. 8, 300. —Called, absol.: Stymphalides, Mart. 9, 102, 7; Claud. Rapt. Pros. 2, prooem. 37.—Sing., Sen. Phoen. 422; id. Agam. 849 al.
