Αἰτναῖος
δός μοι πᾷ στῶ καὶ τὰν γᾶν κινήσω → give me a place to stand and I will move the earth, give me a place to stand and I'll move the earth, give me the place to stand and I shall move the earth, give me a place to stand and with a lever I will move the whole world, give me a firm spot to stand and I will move the world, give me a lever and a place to stand and I will move the earth, give me a fulcrum and I shall move the world
English (LSJ)
α, ον,
A of or belonging to Etna (Αἴτνη), Pi.P.3.69, O.6.96, A.Pr.367, etc.; Sicilian, πῶλος S.OC312; of a beetle, A.Fr.233, Ar. Pax73, S.Ichn.300. II αἰτναῖος, ὁ, sea-fish, Opp.H.1.512.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
Αἰτναῖος: -α, -ον, ἐκ τῆς Αἴτνης ἢ ἀνήκων εἰς τὴν Αἴτνην, Πινδ. Π. 3. 121, Ο. 6. 161., Αἰσχύλ. Πρ. 365, κτλ. 2) μεταφ. παμμεγέθης, πελώριος, Εὐρ. Κύκλ. 395: καὶ οὕτω τινὲς ἑρμηνεύουσιν ὅταν κεῖται ἐπὶ ἵππων, ἀλλὰ κάλλιον ὁ ἐξ Αἴτνης, δηλ. Σικελικός· (ἐπειδὴ οἱ Σικελικοὶ ἵπποι καὶ ἡμίονοι ἦσαν περίφημοι), Σοφ. Ο. Κ. 312· ὡς ἐν παιγνίῳ ἡ λέξις λέγεται ἐπὶ τῶν κανθάρων, Ἀριστοφ. Εἰρ. 73· ἴδε Σχόλ. ἐν τόπῳ καὶ ἐν Ἀριστοφ. Ἀχ. 347· πρβλ Φώτ. ἐν λ. ὄχος Ἀκεσταῖος, Πλαῦτ. Mil. Glor. 4. 2, 73. ΙΙ. Αἰτναῖος, ὁ, θαλάσσιος ἰχθύς, Ὀππ. Ἁλ. 1. 512.
French (Bailly abrégé)
α, ον :
1 de l’Etna;
2 grand comme l’Etna, gigantesque;
3 de la région de l’Etna.
Étymologie: Αἴτνη.
English (Slater)
Αἰτναῑος
1 of Etna
a epithet of Zeus, v. Cook, Zeus, p. 908. Ζηνὸς Αἰτναίου κράτος (O. 6.96) Ζηνὸς Αἰτναίου χάριν (N. 1.6)
b epithet of Hieron. παρ' Αἰτναῖον ξένον (P. 3.69)
c m. pl. as subs. citizens of Aitna μοῖραν δ' εὔνομον αἰτέω σε παισὶν δαρὸν Αἰτναίων ὀπάζειν (N. 9.30)
English (Slater)
Αἰτναῑος
1 of Etna
a epithet of Zeus, v. Cook, Zeus, p. 908. Ζηνὸς Αἰτναίου κράτος (O. 6.96) Ζηνὸς Αἰτναίου χάριν (N. 1.6)
b epithet of Hieron. παρ' Αἰτναῖον ξένον (P. 3.69)
c m. pl. as subs. citizens of Aitna μοῖραν δ' εὔνομον αἰτέω σε παισὶν δαρὸν Αἰτναίων ὀπάζειν (N. 9.30)
