Vectones

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Καὶ μὴν ὑπεραποθνῄσκειν γε μόνοι ἐθέλουσιν οἱ ἐρῶντες, οὐ μόνον ὅτι ἄνδρες, ἀλλὰ καὶ αἱ γυναῖκες. → After all, it is only those in love who are actually willing to die for another — not just men, but women as well. (Plato, Symposium 179b)

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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

Vectōnes: or Vettōnes, um, m.,
I a people of Lusitania, in the modern Salamanca and Estremadura, Plin. 3, 3, 4, § 19; 4, 20, 34, § 112; Caes. B. C. 1, 38; Liv 35, 22, 8; Luc. 4, 9; Sil. 3, 378.—Hence, Vet-tōnĭa, ae, f., the territory of the Vettones, Prud. στεφ. 3, 187; Inscr. Grut. 383, 7.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

Vectōnēs, v. Vettones.