Aventinus
πείθεται πᾶς ἥδιον ἢ βιάζεται (Dio Cassius, Historiae Romanae 8.36.3) → it's always more pleasant to be persuaded than to be forced
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
Ăventīnus: i, m.
(Sc. mons.) The Aventine, one of the seven hills of Rome, extending from the Palatine to the Cœlian Mount; until the reign of Ancus Marcius, without the city proper, Cic. Rep. 2, 18; Sen. Brev. Vit. 14; Gell. 13, 4. The origin of the name is uncertain; acc. to Liv. 1, 3, 9, it was named from Aventinus, an Alban king buried there; other etymologies are given by Varr. L. L. 5, § 43 Müll.; cf. Serv. ad Verg. A. 7, 657, where, beside the etymologies given and referred to, another is given from Varro; cf. Creuz, Antiq. p. 23 sq.; Smith, Dict. Antiq.—Neutr.: Aventī-num, i, Liv. 1, 33, 1 and 5; 21, 62, 8.— Hence,
B The adjj.,
1 Ăventīnus, a, um, of Mount Aventine: cacumen, Ov. F 4, 816: jugum, id. ib. 3, 884: arx, id. ib. 6, 728: humus, id. ib. 6, 82: Remus, because he consulted the auspices there (therefore its summit was called Remuria; v. Remurinus), Prop. 5, 1, 50: Diana, because she had there an ancient and very distinguished temple, id. 5, 8, 29; cf. Hor. C. S. 69; Mart. 12, 18, 3; 7, 73, 1.—
2 Ăven-tīnensis (Fest. s. v. nesi, p. 165 Müll.) or Ăventīnĭensis (Val. Max. 7, 3, 1), e, of or belonging to Mount Aventine: Diana, who had a temple upon the Aventine Hill —
II A son of Hercules, Verg. A. 7, 657.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
(1) Aventīnus,¹³ ī, m.,
1 un fils d’Hercule : Virg. En. 7, 657
2 un roi d’Albe : Liv. 1, 3, 9 ; Ov. F. 4, 51 ; M. 14, 619.
Latin > German (Georges)
(1) Aventīnus1, ī, m., König von Alba, nach dem der aventinische Berg benannt sein soll, Varr. LL. 5, 43. Varr. fr. bei Serv. Verg. Aen. 7, 657. Liv. 1, 3, 9.
(2) Aventīnus2, s. Aventinum.
