Aratus
μὴ κακὸν εὖ ἔρξῃς· σπείρειν ἴσον ἔστ' ἐνὶ πόντῳ → do no good to a bad man; it is like sowing in the sea
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
Ἄρατος, ὁ.
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
Ărātus: i, m., = Ἄρατος.
I A Greek poet of Soli, in Cilicia, who fl. B. C. 250; author of an astronomical poem, entitled Φαινόμενα, which Cicero, and afterwards Caesar Germanicus, translated into Latin, Cic. de Or. 1, 16, 69; id. Rep. 1, 22, 56; id. N. D. 2, 41; Ov. Am. 1, 15, 16; Stat. S. 5, 3, 23 (Ărătŭs, Paul. Nol. Carm. 19, 125; Sid. Carm. 23, 112).—
II Aratus of Sicyon, a distinguished Greek general, founder of the Achœan League, Cic. Off. 2, 23, 81 (v. his life written by Plutarch).
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
(3) Ărātus,¹⁴ ī, m.,
1 poète grec, auteur des Phénomènes, trad. par Cicéron : Cic. de Or. 1, 69 || -tēus, et -tīus, a, um, d’Aratus : Cic. Div. 2, 14 ; Leg. 2, 7
2 général grec, fondateur de la ligue achéenne : Cic. Off. 2, 81
3 fleuve des Molosses : Plin. 4, 4.
