Alba
Ὅστις γὰρ ἐν πολλοῖσιν ὡς ἐγὼ κακοῖς ζῇ, πῶς ὅδ' Οὐχὶ κατθανὼν κέρδος φέρει; → For one who lives amidst such evils as I do, how could it not be best to die?
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
Ἄλβη, ἡ.
People of Alba: Ἀλβανοί, οἱ.
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
Alba: ae, m.,
I a river in Hispania Tarraconensis, Plin. 3, 2, 3, § 22; v. Albis.
Alba: ae, m.,
I the name of a king in Alba Longa, Ov. M. 14, 612; id. F. 4, 43.
Alba: or Alba Longa, ae, f. v. albus.
I The mother city of Rome, built by Ascanius, the son of Æneas, upon the broad, rocky margin which lies between the Alban Lake and Mons Albanus; destroyed by Tullus Hostilius, the third king of Rome, and never rebuilt, Enn. Ann. 1, 34, 88; Verg. A. 1, 277; 8, 48; Liv. 1, 27-30; cf. Nieb. Rom. Hist. 1, 220 sq.; Müll. Roms Camp. 2, 97 sq.—
II The name of several other towns.
A Alba Fucentĭa, or absol. Alba, a town north-west of Lacus Fucinus, on the borders of the Marsi, now Colle di Albe, Caes. B. C. 1, 15; Cic. Att. 9, 6; Pomp. ap. Cic. Att. 8 post. ep. 12; Plin. 3, 12, 17, § 106.—
B Alba Pompēĭa, in Liguria, on the river Tanarus, now Alba, Plin. 3, 5, 7, § 49.—
C Alba Helvĭa or Alba Helvōrum, in Gallia Narbonensis, now Viviers, Plin. 3, 4, 5, § 36.
