Venusia
From LSJ
Πατὴρ οὐχ ὁ γεννήσας, ἀλλ' ὁ θρέψας σε → Non qui te genuit, est qui nutrivit pater → Dein Vater ist, wer Nahrung dir, nicht Leben gab | nicht Vater ist, wer Leben, sondern Nahrung gab
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
Βενυσία, ἡ.
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
Vĕnŭsĭa: ae, f.,
I a town on the borders of Apulia and Lucania, the birthplace of the poet Horace, now Venosa, Plin. 3, 11, 16, § 104; Cic. Att. 5, 5, 1; 16, 5, 3; Liv. 22, 49; 22, 54; Vell. 1, 14, 6.—Hence, Vĕnŭsīnus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Venusia, Venusian: silvae, Hor. C. 1, 28, 26: colonus, i. e. Horace, id. S. 2, 1, 35: lucerna, i. e. the poetry of Horace, Juv. 1, 51.—Subst.: Vĕ-nŭsīni, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Venusia, the Venusians, Liv. 22, 54; 27, 10.
