Aratus
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English > Greek (Woodhouse)
Ἄρατος, ὁ.
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
Ărātus: i, m., = Ἄρατος.
I A Greek poet of Soli, in Cilicia, who fl. B. C. 250; author of an astronomical poem, entitled Φαινόμενα, which Cicero, and afterwards Caesar Germanicus, translated into Latin, Cic. de Or. 1, 16, 69; id. Rep. 1, 22, 56; id. N. D. 2, 41; Ov. Am. 1, 15, 16; Stat. S. 5, 3, 23 (Ărătŭs, Paul. Nol. Carm. 19, 125; Sid. Carm. 23, 112).—
II Aratus of Sicyon, a distinguished Greek general, founder of the Achœan League, Cic. Off. 2, 23, 81 (v. his life written by Plutarch).
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
(3) Ărātus,¹⁴ ī, m.,
1 poète grec, auteur des Phénomènes, trad. par Cicéron : Cic. de Or. 1, 69 || -tēus, et -tīus, a, um, d’Aratus : Cic. Div. 2, 14 ; Leg. 2, 7
2 général grec, fondateur de la ligue achéenne : Cic. Off. 2, 81
3 fleuve des Molosses : Plin. 4, 4.
Latin > German (Georges)
(2) Arātus2 (Arātos), ī, m. (Ἄρατος), I) ein griechischer Dichter, Verfasser eines astronomischen Gedichts ( Φαινόμενα betitelt), das Cicero u. Cäsar Germanikus ins Lateinische übersetzten, Cic. de or. 1, 99; de nat. deor. 2, 104. Ov. am. 1, 15, 16: in Zitaten griech. Genet., phaenomenōn Arātū, Diom. 483, 3. – Dav. Arātēus u. Arātīus, a, um (Ἀράτειος), des Aratus, aratëisch, carmen, Cic. u. Lact.: carmina, Cic.: dah. absol., nostra quaedam Aratea, Ciceros Φαινόμενα, Cic. de div. 2, 14. – II) ein berühmter griech. Feldherr aus Sikyon, Stifter des achäischen Bundes, Cic. de off. 2, 81.
