Mantua
οὐκ ἔστιν οὐδὲν κτῆμα κάλλιον φίλου → there is no possession lovelier than a friend
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
Mantŭa: ae, f.,
I a city of Gallia Transpadana, on the Mincius, in whose vicinity was Andes, the birthplace of Virgil, still called Mantua, Plin. 3, 19, 23, § 130; Liv. 24, 10, 7; Verg. A. 10, 200: Mantua Vergilio gaudet, Ov. Am. 3, 15, 7; Sil. 8, 595.— Hence,
II Mantŭānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Mantua or to Virgil, Mantuan, Virgilian: fama, Stat. S. 4, 7, 26: Maro, Min. Fel. Octav. 19: vates, Mart. Cap. 2, § 212; also called Mantuanus Homerus, Macr. S. 1, 16; and Mantuanus, id. ib. 5, 1: carmina, Virgil's poems, Sol. 46.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
Mantŭa,¹³ æ, f., Mantoue [ville d’Italie, sur le Pô, patrie de Virgile] : Plin. 3, 130 ; Virg. En. 10, 200 ; Liv. 24, 10, 7 ; Ov. Am. 3, 15, 7 || -ānus, a, um, de Mantoue, de Virgile : Stat. S. 4, 7, 26 ; Macr. Sat. 1, 16 ; subst. m., l’h. de Mantoue, Virgile : Macr. Sat. 5, 1.
Latin > German (Georges)
Mantua, ae, f., bekannte Stadt in Oberitalien, am Flusse Mincius, in deren Nähe der Flecken Andes lag, der Geburtsort des Dichters Vergil, Liv. 24, 10, 7. Ov. am. 3, 15, 7. Sil. 8, 595. – Dav. Mantuānus, a, um, mantuanisch, aus Mantua, Homerus, v. Vergil, Macr.: ders. poëta, Apul. apol. 10; u. poëtarum Publius Mantuanus, Sidon.: bl. Mantuanus, Macr. – dah. poet. = vergilianisch, fama, Stat.: carmina, Solin.
