Taenarus
τὸ πεπρωμένον φυγεῖν ἀδύνατον → you can't escape your destiny | there is no escaping from destiny | it's impossible to escape from what is destined | it is impossible to escape from what is destined | what is fated is impossible to escape | if you're born to be hanged, then you'll never be drowned | he that is born to be hanged shall never be drowned | if you are born to be hanged then you'll never be drowned | if you're born to be hanged then you'll never be drowned| you can't outrun your fate | you cannot outrun your fate | you can't stop fate | that's the way the cookie crumbles
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
(Cape) Ταίναρος, ἡ.
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
Taenărus: (-os), i, comm., and Tae-nărum (-on), i, n., = Ταίναρος and Ταίναρον,>
I a promontory and town in Laconia; on the promontory (now Cape Matapan) was a temple of Neptune, and near it a cavern, the fabled entrance to the infernal regions; it was also famous for its black marble, Mel. 2, 3, 8; Plin. 4, 5, 8, § 16; Liv. Andron. ap. Fest. p. 181 Müll. (Trag. Rel. p. 4 Rib.); Sen. Herc. Fur. 662; Luc. 9, 36; Stat. Th. 2, 32 sq.; Tib. 3, 3, 14; Serv. Verg. G. 4, 467.— Poet., for the infernal regions: invisi horrida Taenari Sedes, Hor. C. 1, 34, 10; Sen. Troad. 402.—Hence,
A Taenărĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Tænarus, Tænarian; poet. also = Laconian, Spartan: litus, Plin. 9, 8, 8, § 28 (Jahn: Taenarum in litus): humus, Ov. H. 15 (16), 274: columnae, of Tænarian marble, Prop. 3 (4), 1, 49; so, lapis, Plin. 36, 18, 29, § 135: deus, i. e. Neptune, Prop. 1, 13, 22: Taenariae fauces, alta ostia Ditis, i. e. the entrance of the infernal regions, Verg. G. 4, 467; so, fauces, Luc. 6, 648: porta, Ov. M. 10, 13; cf. vallis, the infernal regions, id. F. 4, 612: currus, i. e. of Pluto, Claud. Rapt. Pros. 1, 2: Eurotas, Laconian, Spartan, Ov. M. 2, 247: marita, i. e. Helen, id. H. 13, 45.—
B Taenărĭdes, ae, m., the Tænarian; poet. for the Laconian, i. e. Hyacinthus, Ov. M. 10, 183. —
C Taenăris, ĭdis, adj. f., Tænarian; poet. for Laconian, Spartan: ora, Ov. H. 17, 6: terra, id. ib. 16, 30.
Latin > German (Georges)
Taenarus (u. -os), ī, c. u. Taenarum (u. -on), ī, n. (Ταίναρος u. -ον) u. Taenara, ōrum, n., ein Vorgebirge nebst einer Stadt gleiches Namens in Lakonien, mit einem Tempel des Neptun und einer Höhle, der Sage nach Eingang zur Unterwelt, auch berühmt durch schwarzen Marmor, das j. Vorgeb. Cap Matapan, Form -os, Mela 2, 3, 8 (2. § 49). Lucan. 9, 36: Form -us Sen. Herc. fur. 663. Serv. Verg. georg. 4, 467: Form -um, Plin. 4, 16 (v. der Stadt): Form -a, Sen. Troad. 402. Prud. apoth. 749 u. (v. der Stadt) Stat. Theb. 2, 32: Genet., Dat., Acc. u. Abl. Sing., Hor. carm. 1, 34, 10. Serv. Verg. ecl. 8, 55. Plin. 4, 15 u. 16: Voc. Taenare, Tibull. 3, 3, 14. Vgl. übh. Tschucke Mela vol. 3. part. 2. p. 294 sq. – Dav.: A) Taenaridēs, ae, m., aus Tänarum, der Tänaride, poet. = Lazedämonier, tollere Taenarides etc., von Hyazinthus, Ov. met. 10, 183. – B) Taenaris, idis, f. (Ταιναρίς), nach Tänarum gehörig, tänarisch, poet. = lazedämonisch, ora, Ov.: soror, Helena, Ov.: dies. bl. Taenaris gen., Ov. – C) Taenarius, a, um (Ταινάριος), zu Tänarum (Tänarus) gehörig, tänarisch, u. poet. = lazedämonisch, litus, Plin.: lapis, Plin.: columnae, v. tänar. Marmor, Prop.: deus, Neptun, Prop. – Eurotas, Ov.: marita, Helena, Ov. – Taenaria porta, der tänarische Eingang in die Unterwelt, Ov.: so auch fauces, Verg. – dah. meton. = un terirdisch, valles, die Unterwell, Ov.: currus, der Wagen des Pluto, Claud.
