Fatuus
σταγόνες ὕδατος πέτρας κοιλαίνουσιν → constant dropping wears away a stone, constant dripping will wear away the hardest stone, little strokes fell big oaks, constant dripping wears the stone, constant dropping wears the stone, constant dripping will wear away a stone
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
Fātŭus: i. m.,
I another name for the prophesying Faunus; also called Fātŭ-ellus; while his sister, Fauna, who prophesied to females, was also called Fātŭa and Fātŭella, Lact. 1, 22, 9; Arn. 5, 18; Macr. S. 1, 12; Mart. Cap. 2, § 167; Just. 43, 1; Plin. 27, 12, 83, § 117 (dub.; Jan. fatuos).
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
(2) Fātŭus, ī, m., le Devin, nom primitif de Faunus : Varro L. 6, 55.
Latin > German (Georges)
(2) Fātuus2, ī, m. (for), der Weissager, mythischer Name des Faunus (s. Faunus) als weissagender Wald- u. Feldgott, u. Fātua, ae, f., die Weissagerin, dessen Tochter od. Gemahlin Fauna (s. Fauna), Varro LL. 6, 55. Labeo b. Macr. sat. 1, 12, 21. Iustin. 43, 1, 8. Lact. 1, 22, 9. Arnob. 5, 18. Serv. Verg. Aen. 7, 47; 8, 314. – Nbf. Fatuclus, ī, m., Serv. Verg. Aen. 6, 776; 7, 47 codd. (Vulg. Fatuelus, nach Otfr. Müller viell. Fatuolus). – Von beiden stammten Fatui u. Fatuae, weissagende Feldgötter, Mart. Cap. 2. § 167. Im Picenischen hielt man die Fatui für böse Geister, die den Frauen Alpdrücken usw. verursachten, s. Plin. 27, 107.
