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τὸ λακωνίζειν πολὺ μᾶλλόν ἐστιν φιλοσοφεῖν ἢ φιλογυμναστεῖν → to behave like a Lacedaemonian is much more to love wisdom than to love gymnastics (Plato, Protagoras 342e6)

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English > Greek (Woodhouse)

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substantive

range of sight: P. ἔποψις, ἡ.

boundary: P. and V. ὅρος, ὁ; see boundary.

Latin > English

horizon horizontos/is N M :: horizon; line on celestial sphere corresponding to horizon

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

hŏrīzon: ontis, m., = ὁρίζων (sc. κύκλος or ἀήρ).
I The horizon (pure Lat. finiens and finitor), Macr. Somn. Scip. 1, 15 fin.; id. S. 7, 14 fin.; Hyg. Astr. 1, 4.—
II A line drawn through the centre of a sundial, Vitr. 9, 8.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

hŏrizōn, ontis, m. (ὁρίζων), horizon [t. d’astron.] : Hyg. Astr. 1, 4 ; v. finitor || horizon [borne de la vue] : Macr. Scip. 1, 15, 17 || horizon [d’un cadran solaire] : Vitr. Arch. 9, 7, 6.

Latin > German (Georges)

horizōn, ontis, Akk. ontem, onta, m. (ὁρίζων = begrenzend), I) die Kreislinie, die den Himmel in zwei gleiche Teile teilt u. bestimmt, was wir sehen u. nicht sehen können, der Horizont, Gesichtskreis (rein lat. finiens circulus u. bl. finiens, finitor), Sen. nat. qu. 5, 17, 3. Manil. 1, 665. Macr. somn. Scip. 1, 15, 17. Hyg. astr. 1, 4: horizon vel finitor, Mart. Cap. 8. § 826. – II) bei der Sonnenuhr, die durch den Mittelpunkt gezogene Linie, die den Mittagskreis in zwei gleiche Halbkreise teilt, der Horizont, Vitr. 6, 1, 5 u. 9, 7, 6.