chelys
οὐκ ἐπιλογιζόμενος ὅτι ἅμα μὲν ὀδύρῃ τὴν ἀναισθησίαν, ἅμα δὲ ἀλγεῖς ἐπὶ σήψεσι καὶ στερήσει τῶν ἡδέων, ὥσπερ εἰς ἕτερον ζῆν ἀποθανούμενος, ἀλλ᾿ οὐκ εἰς παντελῆ μεταβαλῶν ἀναισθησίαν καὶ τὴν αὐτὴν τῇ πρὸ τῆς γενέσεως → you do not consider that you are at one and the same time lamenting your want of sensation, and pained at the idea of your rotting away, and of being deprived of what is pleasant, as if you are to die and live in another state, and not to pass into insensibility complete, and the same as that before you were born
Latin > English
chelys chelyos/is N F :: tortoise; lyre/harp (made originally from a tortoise shell); constellation Lyra
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
chĕlys: acc. chelyn, voc. chely (other cases apparently not in use), f., = χέλυς.
I The tortoise, Petr. Fragm. 32, 5.—
II As in Greek (cf. Lidd. and Scott in h. v.), a lyre or harp made of its shell, pure Lat. testudo (except Ovid, in post-Aug. poets only; most freq. in Statius): chelys, Stat. S. 1, 5, 1; 4, 4, 33; Claud. III. Cons. Hon. praef. 18; id. Cons. Mall. Theod. 313; id. IV. Cons. Hon. 123; Prud. Apoth. 455: chelyn, Ov. H. 15, 181; Stat. S. 1, 5, 11; 2, 2, 120; 4, 6, 30; 4, 8, 38; id. Th. 6, 366; Sen. Troad. 325; id. Herc. Oet. 1034; Claud. Rapt. Pros. 2, praef. 8: chely, Stat. S. 4, 3, 119.—
B The constellation Lyra, Avien. Arat. 617 and 631.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
chĕlys,¹³ yis et yos, f. (χέλυς), tortue : Petr. Frg. 26, 5 || [fig.] a) lyre : Ov. H. 15, 181 ; Stat. S. 1, 5, 11 ; b) la Lyre [constell.] : Avien. Phæn. 617.
Latin > German (Georges)
chelys, Acc. chelym u. chelyn, Voc. chely, f. (χέλυς), die Schildkröte, I) eig., rein lat. testudo, Petr. fr. 26, 5. – II) meton.: a) wie im Griech. (vgl. Passow in v.) die aus der Schildkrötenschale verfertigte Lyra, rein lat. testudo, Pompon. tr. 8. Ps. Ov. her. 15, 181. Stat. silv. 1, 5, 1. – u. dav.: b) das Gestirn Lyra, sonst Lyra od. rein lat. Fides gen., Avien. Arat. 617 u. 631.
