pelagus
ἐν ταῖς ἀνάγκαις χρημάτων κρείττων φίλος → it is better in times of need to have friends rather than money, a friend in need is a friend indeed (Menander, Sententiae monostichoi 143)
Latin > English
pelagus pelagi N N :: sea; the open sea, the main; (-us neuter, only sing.)
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
pĕlăgus: i (Gr. plur. pelagē, Lucr. 5, 35; 6, 619), n., = πέλαγος,
I the sea (poet. and in post-Aug. prose for Lat. mare): fervit aestu pelagus, Pac. ap. Cic. de Or. 3, 39, 157: pelagus remis petere coeperunt, Auct. B. Hisp. 40: in pelago, Lucr. 4, 432: pelagus tenuere rates, the open sea, the main. Verg. A. 5, 8: pelago Danaūm insidias Praecipitare, id. ib. 2, 36: pelago dare vela patenti, id. G. 2, 41; 1, 142: qui fragilem truci Commisit pelago ratem, Hor. C. 1, 3, 11: pelago terrāque pericula passus, Ov. Tr. 3, 2, 7: lustrare pelagus, Val. Fl. 3, 608; Plin. 9, 10, 12, § 35; Juv. 1, 135; 12, 17: saeviente pelago, Tac. A. 15, 46: vortices pelagi, Just. 4, 1, 13: nantes lubrico pelagi, Val. Max. 3, 2, 10: pelagus Ciliciae, Vulg. Act. 27, 5.— Poet., a mass of water, like the sea: pelago premit arva sonanti, Verg. A. 1, 246.—
II Fig., for an immense mass or extent: quam pauca excepta verba ex pelago sermonis pulli minus trita afferant, the ocean of vulgar language, Varr. L. L. 9, 26, § 33: Herodiani scriptorum pelagus, Prisc. Ep. ad Jul. 4; cf. “a sea of troubles,” Shaksp.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
pĕlăgus,⁹ ī, n. (πέλαγος), la haute mer, la pleine mer ; la mer : Lucr. 4, 432 ; Virg. En. 6, 8 || eaux débordées d’une rivière : Virg. En. 1, 246 || [fig.] profusion, débordement : Varro L. 9, 33. pelagē, n. pl. Lucr. 6, 619 || pelagum, m. acc. C. Sev. d. Prob. Nom. 208, 18 ; Tert. Jud. 3 ; Cassiod. Var. 8, 10.
Latin > German (Georges)
pelagus, ī, n. (πέλαγος), I) das Meer, die See, rein lat. mare, Verg., Auct. b. Hisp., Vitr., Sen. rhet., Val. Max. u.a.: pelago terrāque, Ov. trist. 4, 10, 107. – II) poet. übtr., v. einer der Meeresflut ähnlichen Wassermasse, pelago premit arva, mit seinem Meere, Verg. Aen. 1, 246. – u. v. einer solchen Sandmasse, pel. arenarum, Itin. Alex. 20 (51). – bildl., cum pauca excepta verba ex pelago sermonis populi (der Vulgärsprache) minus trita afferant, Varro LL. 9, 33: Herodiani scriptorum pelagus (Unmasse), Prisc. epist. ad Iulian. § 4. – / Griech. Plur. pelage (πελάγη), Lucr. 5, 35 u. 6, 619. Catull. 63, 16. – Akk. Sing. pelagum, Corn. Sever. bei Prob. de nomin. 208, 18. Tert. adv. Iud. 3. Cassiod. var. 8, 10, 9.
