Dictys

Τί ὕπνος; Καμάτων ἀνάπαυσις, ἰατρῶν κατόρθωμα, δεδεμένων λύσις, ἀγρυπνούντων σοφία, νοσούντων εὐχή, θανάτου εἰκών, ταλαιπωρούντων ἐπιθυμία, πάσης πνοῆς ἡσυχία, πλουσίων ἐπιτήδευμα, πενήτων ἀδολεσχία, καθημερινὴ μελέτη. → What is sleep? Rest from toil, the success of physicians, the release of those who are bound, the wisdom of the wakeful, what sick men pray for, an image of death, the desire of those who toil in hardship, the rest of all the spirit, a principal occupation of the rich, the idle chatter of poor men, a daily object of concern.

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

Dictys: yos, m., Δίκτυς.
I A mariner changed by Bacchus into a dolphin, Ov. M. 3, 615.—
II A centaur, slain at the wedding of Pirithoüs, Ov. M. 12, 334 sq.—
III A fisherman on the island of Seriphos, who saved Perseus from drowning, Stat. S. 2, 1, 95.—
Dictys Cretensis, the traditional author of a mythical history of the Trojan war, in Greek; preserved to us in the Latin translation of L. Septimius, v. Teuffel, Roem. Lit. § 416, 1-4.

Dictys, yis ou yŏs, m., un des Centaures, tué par Pirithoüs : Ov. M. 12, 334