Cynosura
πολλὰ τὰ δεινὰ κοὐδὲν ἀνθρώπου δεινότερον πέλει → many things are formidable, and none more formidable than man | wonders are many, and none is more wonderful than man | many things are bad, but nothing is more atrocious than man
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
Κυνοσούρα, ἡ.
Latin > English
Cynosura Cynosurae N F :: Little Dipper/Bear (constellation); mythical person, nurse of Zeus
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
Cynŏsūra: ae, f., = Κυνόσουρα (hound's-tail).
I The constellation at the north pole, the Cynosura, or Lesser Bear, Cic. Ac. 2, 20, 66; id. poët. N. D. 2, 41, 105 and 106; Caes. Germ. Arat. 187; Ov. F. 3, 107 al.—Hence,
B Cynŏsūris, ĭdis, f. adj., of or pertaining to the Cynosura: Ursa, the Lesser Bear, Ov. Tr. 5, 3, 7: cauda, Caes. Germ. Arat. 189.—
II A town in Arcadia, Stat. Th. 4, 295.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
Cўnŏsūra, æ, f. (Κυνόσουρα),
1 Cynosure ou petite Ourse [constellation] : Cic. Ac. 2, 66 ; poet. Nat. 2, 105
2 ville d’Arcadie : Stat. Th. 4, 295.
Latin > German (Georges)
(1) Cynosūra1, ae, f. (κυνόςουρα, Hundeschwanz), I) das Nordpolgestirn, der kleine Bär, Cic. Acad. 2, 66. Ov. fast. 3, 107. Manil. 1, 299. Caes. Germ. Arat. 45 u. 187. Lucan. 3, 219. Val. Flacc. 1, 17. – Dav. Cynosūris, idos, Akk. ida, f. (κυνοςουρίς), zur Cynosura gehörig, ursa C., der kleine Bär, Ov. trist. 5, 3, 7: cauda C., German. Arat. 189. – II) eine Stadt in Arkadien, Stat. Theb. 4, 295.
