Porthmeus

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οὔτοι συνέχθειν, ἀλλὰ συμφιλεῖν ἔφυν → I was not born to hate, but to love | Tis not my nature to join in hating, but in loving (Sophocles, Antigone 523)

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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

Porthmeus: (dissyl.), ĕi and ĕos, m., = Πορθμεύς,
I the ferryman, a name given to Charon (poet.): navita Porthmeus, Petr. 121.—Acc. Porthmea, Juv. 3, 266.