Ctesiphon
From LSJ
Βίων δύο ἔλεγε διδασκαλίας εἶναι θανάτου, τόν τε πρὸ τοῦ γενέσθαι χρόνον καὶ τὸν ὕπνον → Bion used to say that we have two teachers for death: the time before we were born and sleep | Bion said that there are two rehearsals for death: the time before being born and sleep
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
Κτησιφῶν, -ῶντος, ὁ.
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
Ctēsĭphōn: ontis, f., = Κτεσιφῶν,
I a town in Assyria, residence of the Parthian kings, Plin. 6, 26, 30, § 122; Tac. A. 6, 42; Amm. 23, 6, 23; Eutr. 8, 3; Spart. Sev. 16, 1.
Ctēsĭphōn: ontis, m., = Κτησιφῶν,
I an Athenian defended by Demosthenes, Cic. de Or. 3, 56, 213 al.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
(1) Ctēsĭphōn,¹³ ōntis, m., Athénien défendu par Démosthène : Cic. de Or. 3, 213.
(2) Ctēsĭphōn,¹⁶ ōntis, f., capitale des Parthes : Tac. Ann. 6, 42.
