Althaea
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 > Greek (Woodhouse)
Ἀλθαία, ἡ.
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
Althaea: ae, f., = Ἀλθαία,
I daughter of Thestius, wife of Œneus, king of Calydon, and mother of Meleager, whom, in revenge for the death of her brothers slain by him in the Calydonian hunt, she killed, by burning the brand, on the preservation of which his life depended, Ov. M. 8, 446; 8, 511; 8, 531; cf. Hyg. Fab. 171.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
(2) Althæa,¹⁴ æ, f., Althée [mère de Méléagre] : Ov. M. 8, 446, etc.
Latin > German (Georges)
(2) Althaea2, ae, f. (Ἀλθαία), Tochter des ätol. Königs Thestius, Gemahlin des Öneus, Königs von Kalydon, bekannt durch das tragische Schicksal ihres Sohnes Meleager (s. Meleager), Ov. met. 8, 446. Hyg. fab. 171 sqq.
