Lechaeum
ὅτι μέντοι καὶ ἡ χρῆσις τῶν τρόπων, ὥσπερ τἆλλα πάντα καλὰ ἐν λόγοις, προαγωγὸν ἀεὶ πρὸς τὸ ἄμετρον, δῆλον ἤδη, κἂν ἐγὼ μὴ λέγω → however, it is also obvious, even without my saying so, that the use of figures of speech, like other literary adornments, is something that has always tempted toward excess
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
Λέχαιον, τό.
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
Lĕchaeum: i, n., and Lĕchaeae, ārum, f., = Λέχαιον,
I the port of Corinth, on the Corinthian Gulf, Liv. 32, 23, 11; Stat. S. 2, 2, 34; Prop. 3, 20 (4, 21), 19; Stat. Th. 2, 381: Corinthiacus hinc, illinc Saronicus appellatur sinus: Lechaeae hinc, Cenchreae illinc, Plin. 4, 4, 5, § 12.—Hence,
II Lĕ-chaeus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Lechæum, Lechæan: spatia, Grat. Cyn. 227.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
Lĕchæum,¹⁶ ī, n. (Λέχαιον) Liv. 32, 23 ; Prop. 3, 20, 19 et Lĕchēæ oū Lĕchīæ, ārum, f., Léchée [petite ville qui servait de port à Corinthe] : Plin. 4, 12 ; Stat. S. 4, 3, 59 || -chæus ou -chēus, a, um, de Léchée : Gratt. Cyn. 227 ; Pomp. Porphyr. Hor. O. 1, 7, 2.
Latin > German (Georges)
Lechaeum, ī, n. (Λέχαιον), Hafenstadt am korinthischen Meerbusen, zu Korinth gehörig, Liv. 32, 23, 11. Prop. 3, 20, 19. Stat. Theb. 7, 97. – Nbf. Lecheae, ārum, f., Plin. 4, 10. – Dav. Lechaeus u. Lechēus, a, um, lechäisch, spatia Lechaea, Gratt. cyn. 227: sinus Lecheus, der korinthische, Porphyr. Hor. carm. 1, 7, 2.
