Phineus
ἄπαγ' ἐς μακαρίαν ἐκποδών → get lost, buzz off, on yer bike, bug off, bugger off, clear out, clear off, take a hike, beat it, scram, get out of here, get outta here
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
Φινεύς, -έως, ὁ.
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
Phīneus: ĕi and ĕos (Gr.
I acc. plur. Phineas, Mart. 9, 26, 10), m., = Φινεύς.
I King of Salmydessus, in Thrace. He possessed the gift of prophecy, but was struck with blindness for having deprived his sons of sight, upon a false accusation made against them by Idœa, their step-mother, Ov. M. 7, 3; Val. Fl. 4, 425; Hyg. Fab. 19; Serv. Verg. A. 3, 209; Ov. A. A. 1, 339; id. R. Am. 355.—
2 Transf., a blind man, Mart. 9, 26, 10.—Hence,
B Phīnēï-us and Phīnēus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Phineus, Phinean: Phineïa domus, Verg. A. 3, 212: guttur, Ov. F. 6, 131: Phineum venenum, Petr. 136: aves, the Harpies, Sen. Thyest. 154.—
2 Phīnī-des, ae, m., a male descendant of Phineus, Ov. Ib. 273.—
II Brother of Cepheus, who fought with Perseus about Andromeda, and was changed by him into a stone, Ov. M. 5, 8.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
Phīneūs,¹³ ĕī ou ĕos, m. (Φινεύς), Phinée
1 roi d’Arcadie ou de Thrace, que les dieux rendirent aveugle : Ov. M. 7, 3 || par ext. au pl.] des aveugles : Mart. 9, 25, 10
2 frère de Céphée, qui fut pétrifié par Persée : Ov. M. 5, 8 || -nēĭus et -nēus a, um, de Phinée : Virg. En. 3, 212 ; Ov. M. 5, 109.
