Τριτωνίς
δρυὸς πεσούσης πᾶς ἀνὴρ ξυλεύεται → when the oak falls, everyone cuts wood | when an oak has fallen, every man gathers wood | on the fall of an oak, every man gathers wood | when an oak has fallen, every man becomes a woodcutter | one takes advantage of somebody who has lost his strength | one takes advantage of somebody who has lost his power | when the tree is fallen, every man goes to it with his hatchet
English (LSJ)
ίδος, ἡ,
A Tritonis, a lake in Libya famous in old Greek legends, Pi.P.4.20, Hdt.4.178; cf. Τριτογένεια. 2 a spring in Arcadia, also connected by legends with the birth of Athena, Paus.8.26.6. II a name of Athena (cf. Τριτογένεια), A.R.1.109. III vase in the form of a Triton, PPetr.2p.54, prob. in 3p.113 (iii B. C.).
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
Τρῑτωνίς: -ίδος, ἡ, λίμνη ἐν Λιβύῃ περίφημος διὰ τοὺς ἀρχαίους περὶ αὐτῆς Ἑλληνικοὺς μύθους Πινδ. Π. 4. 36, Ἡρόδοτ. 4. 178· πρβλ. Τριτογένεια. 2) πηγὴ ἐν Ἀρκαδίᾳ σχετιζομένη μυθολογικῶς πρὸς τὴν γέννησιν τῆς Ἀθηνᾶς, Παυσ. 8. 26, 6. ΙΙ. ὄνομα τῆς Ἀθηνᾶς (πρβλ. Τριτογένεια), Ἀπολλ. Ρόδ. Α. 109· ἴδε Müller Orchom. σ. 213, 355.
French (Bailly abrégé)
ίδος (ἡ) :
I. n. géogr.
1 Τριτωνὶς λίμνη le lac Tritonis en Libye;
2 ép. de Thèbes en Égypte;
3 source d’Arcadie;
II. n. de divinité la déesse du lac Tritonis, càd Athéna.
Étymologie: Τρίτων.
