Palamedes
ὁ δ' εὖ ἔρδων θεοὺς ἐλπίδι κυδροτέρᾳ σαίνει κέαρ → but he who does well to the gods cheers his heart with a more glorious hope
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
Παλαμήδης, -ους, ὁ or say, son of Nauplius.
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
Pălămēdes: is, m., = Παλαμήδης,
I son of Nauplius, king of Eubœa, who lost his life before Troy, through the artifices of Ulysses, Cic. Tusc. 1, 41, 98; id. Off. 3, 26, 98; Auct. Her. 2, 19, 28. He is said, by observing the flight of cranes, to have invented the letters Θ, Ξ, Φ, Χ>, acc. to others the letters Υ> and Δ>, Plin. 7, 56, 57, § 192; Mart. 13, 75, 2.—Hence,
A Pălămēdēus, a, um, adj., Palamedean, Manil. 4, 206.—
B Pă-lămēdĭăcus, a, um, adj., Palamedic: Palamediaci calculi, the counters in the game of draughts which Palamedes invented, Cassiod. Var. 8, 31.—
C Pălămēdĭ-cus, a, um, adj., Palamedic, Aus. Techn. de Monosyll. 25.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
Pălămēdēs,¹⁴ is, m., Palamède [déjoua la ruse d’Ulysse feignant la folie au siège de Troie, mais plus tard, périt victime des calomnies d’Ulysse ; passait pour avoir inventé le jeu d’échecs, le jeu de dés, etc., et plusieurs lettres de l’alphabet grec, ξ, θ, φ, χ ( Plin. 7, 192 ) ; suivant d’autres, la lettre Υ également en regardant voler des grues] : Cic. Tusc. 1, 98 ; Off. 3, 98 ; Plin. 7, 192 ; Palamedis aves Mart. 13, 75, 2, grues [qui inspirèrent à Palamède l’invention de la lettre Υ]
