Phalantus
From LSJ
Πενία δ' ἄτιμον καὶ τὸν εὐγενῆ ποιεῖ → Pauper inhonorus, genere sit clarus licet → Die Armut nimmt selbst dem, der edel ist, die Ehr'
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
Phălantus: i, m., = Φάλαντος,
I a Spartan who emigrated to Italy and there founded Tarentum: et regnata petam Laconi Rura Phalanto, i.e. Tarentum, Hor. C. 2, 6, 11; Just. 3, 4, 7.—Hence,
A Phă-lantēus, a, um, adj., Phalantean: Phalanteum Tarentum, Sil. 11, 16.—
B Phă-lantīnus, a, um, adj., Phalantine, poet. for Tarentine: Phalantinus Galesus, Mart. 5, 37, 2.—
C Phălanthum, i, n., poetic name for the city of Tarentum, Mart. 8, 28, 3.
