Anxur

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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?

Sophocles, Antigone, 464-5

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

Anxur: (rarely written Anxyr, Prob. p. 1459 P.), ŭris, n. (m., Mart. 5, 1; 10, 58 al., as lying upon a mountain of the same name).
I An ancient town in Latium, situated not far from the sea-shore, afterwards also called Tarracina, now Terracina, Enn. ap. Fest. p. 19: Tarracina oppidum linguā Volscorum Anxur dictum, Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 59; Hor. S. 1, 5, 26; cf. Mann. Ital. 1, 626 sq. (this town had its name from a fountain in the neighborhood, Serv. ad Verg. A. 7, 799; Vitr. 27, 38.)—Hence,
II Derivv.
   A Anxŭrus: Juppiter, who was worshipped at Anxur, Verg. A. 7, 799; v. Serv. ad h. l.—
   B Anxŭras, ātis, m., belonging to Anxur, Liv. 27, 38.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

(1) Anxŭr,¹² ŭris,
1 n., ville du Latium, plus tard Terracine : Plin. 3, 59