Metapontum
ὥσπερ σελήνη γ' ἡλίῳ· τὴν μὲν χρόαν ἰδεῖν ὁμοιόν ἔστι θάλπει δ' οὐδαμῶς → like the moon to the sun: its color is similar to the eye, but it does not give off any heat
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
Μεταπόντιον, τό.
people of Metapontum: Μεταποντῖνοι, οἱ, or Μεταπόντιοι, οἱ.
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
Mĕtăpontum: i, n.,
I a town of Lucania, where Pythagoras lived and died, now Torre a Mare, Cic. Fin. 5, 2, 4; Liv. 1, 18, 8; Mela, 2, 4, 3; Plin. 3, 11, 15, § 97.—Hence, Mĕtăpontīnus, a, um, adj., Metapontine: ager, Liv. 24, 20.—In plur.: Mĕtă-pontīni, ōrum, m., the Metapontines, Liv. 22, 61.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
Mĕtăpontum,¹⁵ ī, n., Métaponte [ville de Lucanie] : Cic. Fin. 5, 4 ; Liv. 1, 18, 8 || -tīnus, a, um, de Métaponte : Liv. 24, 20 || -tīnī, ōrum, m., les habitants de Métaponte : Liv. 22, 61.
Latin > German (Georges)
Metapontum, ī, n. (Μεταπόντιον), eine griech. Kolonie am Tarentinischen Meerbusen, Aufenthalts- u. Sterbeort des Pythagoras, Mela 2, 4, 3 (2. § 68). Liv. 1, 18, 2. Cic. de fin. 5, 4. – Dav. Metapontīnus, a, um, metapontinisch, Liv. – Plur. subst., Metapontīnī, ōrum, m., die Metapontiner, Liv.
