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γέλως τὰ σεμνὰ τοῦ βίου τοῖς σώφροσιν → pompous things in life make men of sound mind laugh (Menander)

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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

Hĕlĕna: ae, or Hĕlĕnē, ēs, f., = Ἑλένη.
I Daughter of Jupiler and Leda, sister of Castor and Pollux and of Clytemnestra, and wife of Menelaüs, who, on account of her beauty, was carried off by Paris to Troy, and thus became the cause of the Trojan war, Cic. Phil. 2, 22, 55; Verg. A. 7, 364; Ov. M. 13, 200; 14, 669; Prop. 3, 8 (4, 7), 32; 3, 14 (4, 13), 19; Hor. C. 1, 3, 2; 4, 9, 16; id. S. 1, 3, 107; Hyg. Fab. 81 and 118: Penelope venit, abit Helene, a Helen, Mart. 1, 62, 6.—
   B Transf., in naut. lang., a single star appearing to mariners, which was regarded as an unfavorable prognostic; while a double light, which was conceived to be favorable, was called Castor and Pollux, Plin. 2, 37, 37, § 101; cf. Stat. Th. 7, 792; id. S. 3, 2, 11.—
II The surname of the mother of the emperor Constantine, Eutr. 10, 5; Aur. Vict. Epit. 41; Inscr. Grut. 284, 1.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

Hĕlĕna,¹¹ æ, f. (-nē, ēs, f. Hor. O. 4, 9, 16 ) (Ἑλένη), Hélène, fille de Léda et de Jupiter, sœur de Castor, de Pollux, de Clytemnestre, femme de Ménélas, fut cause de la guerre de Troie : Cic. Phil. 2, 55 || Flavia Julia Héléna, mère de Constantin : Eutr. 10, 5 || nom donné à une étoile : Plin. 2, 101.

Latin > German (Georges)

Helena, ae, f. u. Helenē, ēs, f. (Ἑλένη), Tochter der Leda von Jupiter, Schwester des Kastor, Pollux u. der Klytämnestra, Mutter der Hermione u. Gemahlin des Königs Menelaus, wurde ihrer Schönheit wegen von Paris nach Troja entführt; diese Entführung veranlaßte jenen zehnjährigen Krieg gegen Troja, Plaut. Bacch. 947 u. 963. Cic. Phil. 2, 55. Verg. Aen. 3, 363 sq.: Form -ē, Hor. carm. 4, 9, 16. Ov. her. 16, 279: alte digammierte Form Belena, nach Quint. 1, 4, 15. Prisc. 1, 23. – appellat., eine Helena = eine verführte Frau, eine Ehebrecherin (Ggstz. Penelope), Mart. 1, 62, 6: u. so Plur., Helenae sequuntur Alexandros, Hieron. epist. 128, 3. – Wenn im Sturme zwei Flämmchen an das Schiff kamen, so nannten die Schiffer diese Erscheinung Kastor u. Pollux; erschien nur eins, Helena, Plin. 2, 101. – / Felena geschr., Corp. inscr. Lat. 1, 1501.