Protagoras
ὕπνος δεινὸν ἀνθρώποις κακόν → sleep is a terrible evil for humans (Menander, Sententiae monostichoi 1.523)
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
Πρωταγόρας, -ου, ὁ.
of Protagoras, adj.: Πρωταγόρειος.
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
Prōtăgŏras: ae, m., = Πρωταγόρας,
I a celebrated sophist of Abdera, a disciple of Democritus, and an older contemporary of Socrates; he was banished from Athens on a suspicion of atheism, Cic. N. D. 1, 1, 2; 1, 23, 63; id. Ac. 2, 46, 142; id. Brut. 8, 30; 12, 46; Gell. 5, 3, 1 sqq.—Hence, Prōtăgŏrīon, ĭi, n., = Πρωταγόρειον, a dictum or maxim of Protagoras, Gell. 5, 11, 1.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
Prōtăgŏrās,¹⁵ æ, m. (Πρωταγόρας), sophiste d’Abdère, chassé par les Athéniens pour son impiété : Cic. Nat. 1, 2 ; Br. 30 || -rīŏn, ĭī, n., une maxime de Protagoras : Gell. 5, 11, 1.
Latin > German (Georges)
Prōtagorās, ae, Akk. am u. ān, Vok. ā, m. (Πρωταγόρας), ein griech. Philosoph aus Abdera, Zeitgenosse des Sokrates, aus Attika verbannt, weil er in den Verdacht des Atheismus kam, Gell. 5, 3, 1 sqq. Cic. de nat. deor. 1, 2. Quint. 3, 1, 10 u. 12; 3, 4, 10: Pr. Abderites, Min. Fel. 8, 3: Pr. sophista, Apul. flor. 18. p. 29, 23 u. 30, 1 Kr. – Dav. Prōtagorīon, īī, n. (Πρωταγόρειον), ein Ausspruch des Protagoras, Gell. 5, 11 in.
