Μένδης
Πάντα ταῦτα ἐπείρασα ἐν τῇ σοφίᾳ: εἶπα Σοφισθήσομαι, καὶ αὐτὴ ἐμακρύνθη ἀπ' ἐμοῦ· κτλ. (Εcclesiastes 7:23f., LXX version) → I tried to give proof in wisdom of all those things; I said, I will be wise, but that wisdom was far from me ...
French (Bailly abrégé)
ητος (ἡ) :
Mendès, ville de la Basse-Égypte.
English (Slater)
Μένδης a nome and city of Egypt, near the eastern branch of the Nile, where it flows into lake Tanais. Αἰγυπτίαν Μένδητα, πὰρ κρημνὸν θάλασσας ἔσχατον Νείλου κέρας by the sea bank, an end of a branch of the Nile. This fragment is used by Aristeides to illustrate what he considers to be Pindar's ignorance of Egyptian geography fr. 201. 1.
Greek Monolingual
Μένδης, -ητος, ὁ (Α)
(στους Αιγυπτίους)
1. ο τράγος
2. ο θεός Παν («καλεῑται δὲ ὅ τε τράγος καὶ ὁ Πάν Αἰγυπτιστὶ Μένδης», Ηρόδ.).
Russian (Dvoretsky)
Μένδης: ητος ἡ Мендет или Мендес (город в сев. части Нильской дельты) Pind., Plut.
