Didius
μή, φίλα ψυχά, βίον ἀθάνατον σπεῦδε, τὰν δ' ἔμπρακτον ἄντλει μαχανάν → Oh! my soul do not aspire to eternal life, but exhaust the limits of the possible. | Do not yearn, O my soul, for immortal life! Use to the utmost the skill that is yours. | Do not, my soul, strive for the life of the immortals, but exhaust the practical means at your disposal.
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
Dīdĭus: a, um,
I the name of a Roman plebeian gens; so T. Didius, consul in the year 656 a. u. c., Cic. Planc. 25, 61; Ov. F. 6, 568 al.; Didius Julianus, emperor of Rome in the year 193 A. D., whose life is written by Spartianus.—
II Adj.: Lex Didia sumptuaria, of the year 610 a. u. c., Macr. S. 2, 13, 6. Another law: Lex Caecilia Didia, of the year 656, Cic. Sest. 64, 135; id. Att. 2, 9, 1 al.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
Dīdĭus,¹¹ ĭī, m., nom de famille romaine ; nott T. Didius, qui fit la guerre à Sertorius : Cic. Planc. 61 ; Ov. F. 6, 568 || Didius Julianus, riche Romain, qui acheta l’empire, après la mort de Pertinax.
