Carnutes
καλῶς δρῶν ἐξαμαρτεῖν μᾶλλον ἢ νικᾶν κακῶς → I would prefer to fail with honor than to win by evil | I prefer to fail by acting rightly rather than win by acting wrongly | Better fail by doing right, than win by doing wrong (Sophocles, Philoctetes 95)
Latin > English
Carnutes Cartnutis N M :: Carnutes, tribe of central Gaul, around Loire - Caesar
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
Carnūtes: um, m., = Καρνοῦτοι,
I a people in Gaul, on both sides of the Liger, whose chief town was Autricum, now Chartres, in the Départ. d'Eure et Loire, Caes. B. G. 2, 35; 5, 25; 5, 56; 6, 2; 6, 4; 7, 2; 8, 31; ap. Tib. 1, 7, 12.—Adj.: Carnōtēnus, a, um, of or belonging to the Carnutes, Sulp. Sev. Dial. 3, 2 al.—As subst.: Carnūtē-ni, ōrum, m., = Carnutes, Plin. 4, 18, 32, § 107 Jan.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
Carnūtes,¹¹ um, m., Cæs. G. 2, 35, 2, ou Carnūtī, ōrum, m. Plin. 4, 107, les Carnutes [peuple de la Gaule] || -tēnus, a, um, Sulp. Sev. Dial. 3, 2, 3, des Carnutes.
Latin > German (Georges)
Carnutēs, um, m., eine in der Mitte Galliens heimische Völkerschaft mit der Hauptstadt Genabum, dem j. Orléans, Caes. b. G. 2, 35, 2. Liv. 5, 34, 5. – Nbf. Carnutēni, ōrum, m., Plin. 4, 107. – Dav. Carnutēnus, a, um, karnutenisch, civitas, Sulp. Sev. dial. 3, 2, 3.
