Moses
Ubi idem et maximus et honestissimus amor est, aliquando praestat morte jungi, quam vita distrahi → Where indeed the greatest and most honourable love exists, it is much better to be joined by death, than separated by life.
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
Mōses: or Mo[dibreve]ȳses, is or i, m. (in Vulg. nom. semper Mo[dibreve]ȳses;
I gen. Mo[dibreve]ȳsi, Lev. 8, 36; 16, 34; Num. 3, 1; 33, 1, etc.: Mosi, Sedul. 5, 274), = Μωσῆς, Μωυσῆς, Moses: Moses, Juv. 14, 102: Moyses, Tac. H. 5, 4: Moysen unum exsulum monuisse, ut, etc., id. ib. 5, 3: a Mose, Plin. 30, 1, 2, § 11: successor fuit Mosi, Lact. 4, 14: clarum videre Mŏysen, Sedul. 3, 285; Prud. Ham. 340.— Hence,
A Mōsēĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Moses (post-class.): Moseia virga, Paul. Nol. Carm. 23, 354.—
B Mō-sēus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Moses: manus, Juvenc. 2, 219 dub.—
C Mōsĭtĭ-cus, a, um, adj., Mosaic, Ven. Fort. Vit. St. Mart. 2, 28.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
Mōsēs, Plin. 30, 11 et Mōȳsēs, is, m., Tac. ; Juv. 14, 102, Moïse [prophète, législateur et chef des Juifs] ; acc. Moysen Tac. H. 5, 3.
Latin > German (Georges)
Mōsēs u. Mōȳsēs, is od. ī, Akk. ēn u. ea, m. (Μωσης, Μωυσης) u. Mōseus od. Mōȳseus, eī, m. (Μωσεύς Philo), Moses, der Gesetzgeber der Israeliten, Form Moses, Plin. 30, 11 u. Eccl.: griech. Akk. Mosea, Iuvenc. 4, 15; Form Moyses, Tac. hist. 5, 3 sq. Iuven. 14, 102. Vulg. exod. 2, 10 u.a. Chalcid. Tim. 154: mit kurzem ŏ (Mŏȳses) bei Sedul. 3, 285. Prud. ham. 339: Form Moyseus, Schol. Iuven. 6, 542, Genet. Moyseos, Augustin. c. Faust. 16, 19: Form Moseus, Tert. de anim. 35 u. 37 u. 57. Vgl. Georges Lexik. der lat. Wortf. S. 434 u. 435. – Dav.: A) Mōsēius, a, um, mosaisch, Paul. Nol. carm. 23, 354. – B) Mōsēus, a, um, mosaisch, Iuvenc. 2, 220 (wo aber Reusch Moysi manibus). – C) Mōsiticus, a, um, mositisch, Ven. Fort. vit. s. Mart. 2, 28.
