eadem
ποταμῷ γὰρ οὐκ ἔστιν ἐμβῆναι δὶς τῷ αὐτῷ → it is impossible to step twice in the same river, you cannot step twice into the same rivers
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
eādem: adv. abl. f., from idem, sc. viā, operā, or parte.
I By the same way (rare): ut ventum est in trivium, eadem qua ceteri fugere noluit, Cic. Div. 1, 54, 123: eadem revertens, Liv. 5, 46, 3: eadem et Romanos sequentes impetus rapit, id. 4, 33, 12.—
II Transf.
A (Sc. operā, sometimes expressed, Plaut. Capt. 2, 3, 90; id. Bacch. 1, 1, 26; prop., by the same piece of work, i. e.) At the same time, likewise (ante-class.), Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 180 (cf. Brix. ad loc.) eādem ego ex hoc quae volo exquaesivero, id. Capt. 2, 2, 43. atque eādem mulieres apparebunt, id. Poen. 3, 3, 3.—
B Repeated: eadem ... eadem, now ... now, at one time ... at another: eadem biberis, eadem dedero tibi ubi biberis savium, Plaut. Bacch. 1, 1, 49 (15).
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
(1) ĕădem, de idem.
(2) ĕādem,¹² adv. (abl. f. de idem ), par le même chemin : Cic. Div. 1, 123 || [fig.] par les mêmes voies, en même temps, de même : Pl. Trin. 578 ; Capt. 293 ; Pœn. 677 || eadem... eadem Pl. Bacch. 49, tantôt... tantôt...
