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Ποιητὴς, ὁπόταν ἐν τῷ τρίποδι τῆς Μούσης καθίζηται, τότε οὐκ ἔμφρων ἐστίν → Whenever a poet is seated on the Muses' tripod, he is not in his senses

Plato, Laws, 719c

French (Bailly abrégé)

ας (ἡ) :
1 chienne en parl. d'Hécube, changée en chienne;
2 la canicule.
Étymologie: DELG μαρμαίρω.

German (Pape)

(s. Μαῖρα), so heißt der Hundsstern, eigentlich der Funkelnde, bes. bei sp.D.; ὑπὸ μαίρῃ εὐάνεμον, von einer Insel, Crinag. 23 (IX.555); Nonn. D. 5.221; Lycophr. 269.

Russian (Dvoretsky)

μαῖρα: ион. μαίρηзвезда Сириус Anth.

Frisk Etymological English

Grammatical information: f.
Meaning: dog-star
See also: s. μαρμαίρω.

Frisk Etymology German

μαῖρα: {maĩra}
Grammar: f.
Meaning: Hundstern
See also: s. μαρμαίρω.
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