Alba
ὃν οὐ τύπτει λόγος οὐδὲ ῥάβδος → if words don't get through, neither a beating will | if the carrot doesn't work, the stick will not work either | whom words do not strike, neither does the rod
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
Ἄλβη, ἡ.
People of Alba: Ἀλβανοί, οἱ.
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
Alba: ae, m.,
I a river in Hispania Tarraconensis, Plin. 3, 2, 3, § 22; v. Albis.
Alba: ae, m.,
I the name of a king in Alba Longa, Ov. M. 14, 612; id. F. 4, 43.
Alba: or Alba Longa, ae, f. v. albus.
I The mother city of Rome, built by Ascanius, the son of Æneas, upon the broad, rocky margin which lies between the Alban Lake and Mons Albanus; destroyed by Tullus Hostilius, the third king of Rome, and never rebuilt, Enn. Ann. 1, 34, 88; Verg. A. 1, 277; 8, 48; Liv. 1, 27-30; cf. Nieb. Rom. Hist. 1, 220 sq.; Müll. Roms Camp. 2, 97 sq.—
II The name of several other towns.
A Alba Fucentĭa, or absol. Alba, a town north-west of Lacus Fucinus, on the borders of the Marsi, now Colle di Albe, Caes. B. C. 1, 15; Cic. Att. 9, 6; Pomp. ap. Cic. Att. 8 post. ep. 12; Plin. 3, 12, 17, § 106.—
B Alba Pompēĭa, in Liguria, on the river Tanarus, now Alba, Plin. 3, 5, 7, § 49.—
C Alba Helvĭa or Alba Helvōrum, in Gallia Narbonensis, now Viviers, Plin. 3, 4, 5, § 36.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
(1) Alba,¹⁰ æ, f.,
1 Alba Longa, Albe [premier emplacement de Rome] : Virg. En. 1, 277 ; Liv. 1, 3, 3, etc.
2 Alba, ou Alba Fucentia, ville des Èques ou des Marses : Cæs. C. 1, 15, 7 ; Cic. Att. 9, 6, 1
3 Alba Pompeia, ville de Ligurie : Plin. 3, 49
4 Alba Helvia ou Alba Helviorum, ville de la Narbonnaise : Plin. 2, 36 ; 14, 43.
(2) Alba, æ, m.,
1 nom d’un roi d’Albe la Longue : Ov. M. 14, 612 ; Liv. 1, 3, 8 || Alba Æmilius, confident de Verrès : Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 145
2 Alba, rivière d’Espagne : Plin. 3, 22.
