Proconnesus
ὅτι μέντοι καὶ ἡ χρῆσις τῶν τρόπων, ὥσπερ τἆλλα πάντα καλὰ ἐν λόγοις, προαγωγὸν ἀεὶ πρὸς τὸ ἄμετρον, δῆλον ἤδη, κἂν ἐγὼ μὴ λέγω → however, it is also obvious, even without my saying so, that the use of figures of speech, like other literary adornments, is something that has always tempted toward excess
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
Προκόννησος, ἡ.
Of Proconnesus, adj.: Προκοννήσιος.
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
Prŏconnēsus: i, f., = Προκόννησος,
I an island in the Propontis, abounding in wine and marble, now Marmora, Mel. 2, 7, 4; Plin. 5, 32, 44, § 151.—Hence,
A Prŏ-connensis, e, adj., of Proconnessus, Proconnessian: marmor, Sol. 37 med.—
B Prŏconnēsĭus, a, um, adj., Proconnessian: ancilla, Plin. 7, 11, 9, § 49: marmor, id. 36, 6, 6, § 47; 37, 10, 70, § 185; Vitr. 2, 8.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
Prŏconnēsus (-sos), ī, f. (Προκόννησος), île de la Propontide : Plin. 2, 151 || -nēnsis, e, Sol. 37, 7, de Proconèse, et -nēsius, a, um, Plin. 7, 49 ; 36, 47.
Latin > German (Georges)
Proconnēsus, ī, f. (Προκόννησος), Insel in der Propontis, berühmt durch ihren vortrefflichen weißen Marmor, j. Marmora, Vitr. 10, 2, 15. Mela 2, 7, 4 (2. § 99). Plin. 5, 151: Proconissos, Sidon. epist. 2, 2, 8. – Dav.: a) Proconnēnsis, e, prokonnensisch, von der Insel Prokonnesus, ancilla, Solin. 1, 60 (wo Mommsen Proconnesis): marmor, Solin. 37, 7. – b) Proconnēsius, a, um, prokonnesisch, von der Insel Prokonnesus, marmor, Vitr. 2, 8, 10. Plin. 36, 47 u. 37, 185: Aristeus, Plin. 7, 11. Gell. 9, 4, 3: Zoroaster alter, Plin. 30, 8.
