Pittacus

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τὸ λακωνίζειν πολὺ μᾶλλόν ἐστιν φιλοσοφεῖν ἢ φιλογυμναστεῖν → to behave like a Lacedaemonian is much more to love wisdom than to love gymnastics (Plato, Protagoras 342e6)

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English > Greek (Woodhouse)

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Πιττακός, ὁ.

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

Pittăcus: or -os, i, m., = Πιττακός,
I one of the seven wise men of Greece, from Mitylene, in Lesbos, Aus. Sept. Sap.; Cic. de Or. 3, 15, 56; id. Leg. 2, 26, 66; Nep. Thras. 4, 2; Juv. 2, 6.