Vaticanus
κορυδός ἐν ἀμούσοις φθέγγεται → a lark sings amid the songless | in the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king | in the country of the blind, the one-eyed man is king | in the valley of the blind, the one-eyed man is king
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
Vātī̆cānus: (
I i short, Hor. C. 1, 20, 7, but lengthened in Juv. and Mart.), a, um, adj. (sc. mons, collis), the Vatican Hill in Rome, on the western bank of the Tiber, Hor. C. 1, 20, 7; Juv. 6, 344; Fest. p. 379 Müll.; cf. Becker, Antiq. 1, p. 659 sq.; also plur., for the hill and the space around it: montes Vaticani, Cic. Att. 13, 33, 4: campus, id. ib.: ager, id. Agr. 2, 35, 96: vallis, between the Vatican and the Janiculum, Tac. A. 4, 14: Circus, Plin. 16, 40, 76, § 201: Vaticana (sc. vina), Vatican wine (a very inferior sort), Mart. 6, 92, 3; 10, 45, 5; cf. cadus, id. 1, 19, 2; 12, 48, 14.—Subst.: in Vaticano, Plin. 8, 14, 14, § 37; 16, 44, 87, § 237; 18, 3, 4, § 20: Vaticanus, the divinity presiding over the Vatican, Varr. ap. Gell. 16, 17, 2; Aug. Civ. Dei, 4, 8, 12.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
(1) Vātĭcānus (-tī-), ī, m., dieu qui présidait aux débuts du langage des enfants] : Varr. d. Gell. 16, 17, 2 || ou dieu du Vatican : Gell. 16, 17, 1 ; Aug. Civ. 4, 8.
(2) Vātĭcānus¹³ seul ou joint à mons, collis, m., le Vatican [une des sept collines de Rome] : Hor. O. 1, 20, 7 ; P. Fest. 379 || pl. Vaticani montes Cic. Att. 13, 33, 4, le Vatican [et ses environs] || -nus, a, um, du Vatican : Cic. Agr. 2, 96 || subst. n., in Vaticano Plin. 8, 37, dans le territoire du Vatican.
