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Ἓν οἶδα, ὅτι οὐδὲν οἶδα → I know only one thing, that I know nothing | all I know is that I know nothing.

Diogenes Laertius, Lives of the Philosophers, Book 2 sec. 32.

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

gălaxĭas: ae, m., = γαλαξίας.
I Milk-stone; = galactites, q. v., Plin. 37, 10, 59, § 162.—
II The Milky Way, called in pure Lat. Via lactea, Macr. Somn. Scip. 1, 4; 9; Mart. Cap. 8, § 826 al.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

gălaxĭās, æ, m. (γαλαξίας),
1 galaxie, voie lactée : Capel. 8, 826
2 c. galactites : Plin. 37, 162.

Latin > German (Georges)

galaxiās, ae, m. (γαλαξίας, weiß wie Milch), I) ein Stein, s. galactites. – II) die Milchstraße, rein lat. circulus lacteus, via lactea, Macr. somn. Scip. 1, 4, 5 (Eyss. griech.). Mart. Cap . 1. § 97; 8. § 826 u. 835.