pharetra
συμπεφύκασι γὰρ αἱ ἀρεταὶ τῷ ζῆν ἡδέως (Epicurus' Letter to Menoeceus via Diogenes Laertius 10.132.10) → The virtues are part and parcel of the stress-free life
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
phărē̆tra: ae, f., = φαρέτρα.
I Lit., a quiver for holding arrows (poet. and late Lat.): succinctam pharetrā, Verg. A. 1, 323: nec venenatis gravida sagittis, Fusce, pharetra, Hor. C. 1, 22, 3: pharetram solvere, to undo, open, Ov. M. 5, 379: venatricis puellae (Dianae), Juv. 13, 80: in pharetrā suā abscondit me, Vulg. Isa. 49, 2; Verg. G. 2, 125; Prop. 2, 9, 10; Ov. P. 4, 13, 38; id. Am. 3, 9, 7; Val. Fl. 3, 607; Stat. Th. 4, 259 al.—
II Transf., a kind of sundial in the form of a quiver, Vitr. 9, 8, 1.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
phărĕtra,¹⁰ æ, f. (φαρέτρα), carquois : Virg. En. 1, 323 ; Hor. O. 1, 22, 3 || espèce de cadran solaire ayant la forme d’un carquois : Vitr. Arch. 9, 8, 1.
