Danaus
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)
Δαναός, ὁ.
sons of Danaus: Δαναΐδαι, οἱ.
daughters of Danaus: Δαναΐδες, αἱ.
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
Dănăus: i, m., Δαναός,
I son of Belus, and twin-brother of Aegyptus: he was the father of fifty daughters; he emigrated from Egypt into Greece, and there founded Argos; was slain by Lynceus, after a reign of fifty years, Hyg. Fab. 168; 170; Serv. Verg. A. 10, 497; Cic. Parad. 6, 1, 44; cf. under no. II. B.—Danai porticus, at Rome, dedicated by Augustus to the Palatine Apollo (726 A. U. C.), famed for its statues of Danaus and his daughters, Ov. Am. 2, 2, 4; cf. Prop. 2, 31, 4 (3, 29, 4 M.); Tibul. 1, 3, 79; Ov. Tr. 3, 1, 60.—
II Derivv.
A Dănăus, a, um, adj. (belonging to Danaus; hence, in the poets, meton.), Greek, Grecian: classes, Ov. M. 13, 92; cf. rates, Prop. 3, 22, 34 (4, 22, 34 M.): flammae, Ov. M. 14, 467: ignis, id. Her. 8, 14: miles, id. ib. 24: manus, id. R. Am. 66: res, id. M. 13, 59. Esp. freq.,
A Subst. plur.: Dănăi, ōrum, m., the Danai, for the Greeks (esp. freq. of the Greeks before Troy), Cic. Tusc. 4, 23, 52; id. Fin. 2, 6, 18; Prop. 3, 8, 31 (4, 7, 31 M.); Verg. A. 2, 5 et saep.—Gen. plur.: Danaum, Lucr. 1, 87; Prop. 2, 26, 38 (3, 22, 18 M.); 3, 9, 40 (4, 8, 40 M.); Verg. A. 1, 30 et saep.—
B Dănăĭdes, um, f., Δαναδες, the daughters of Danaus, the Danaides, who, with the exception of Hypermnestra, murdered their husbands at their father's command, Hyg. Fab. 170; 255; Sen. Herc. Fur. 757. The classical poets substitute Danai proles, Tib. 1, 3, 79; cf. Prop. 2, 31, 4 (3, 29, 4 M.): Danai puellae, Hor. Od. 3, 11, 23: Danai genus infame, id. ib. 2, 14, 18.—
C Dănăĭdae, ārum, m., Δαναΐδαι = Danai (v. no. II. A.), the Greeks, Sen. Troad. 611.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
(1) Dănăus,¹³ ī, m. (Δαναός), Danaüs [roi d’Argos, père des Danaïdes] : Cic. Par. 44 ; Serv. En. 10, 497.
(2) Dănăus,¹³ a, um, relatif à Danaüs, c.-à-d. aux Argiens, aux Grecs ; [d’où] grec, des Grecs : Ov. M. 13, 92, v. Danai.
Latin > German (Georges)
Danaus, ī, m. (Δαναός), Sohn des Belus, Zwillingsbruder des Ägyptus, Vater von fünfzig Töchtern, floh aus Ägypten nach Griechenland, wo er das Reich Argos gründete, Cic. parad. 6, 44; vgl. Hyg. fab. 168 u. 170: agmen Danai = Danaides, Ov. am. 2, 2, 4: ebenso Danai genus infame, Hor. carm. 2, 14, 18: Danai puellae, Hor. carm. 3, 11, 23: Danai proles, Tibull. 1, 3, 79: Danai femina turba, Prop. 2, 31, 4. – Dav.: A) Danaidae, ārum, m. (Δαναΐδαι), die Danaër = Argiver od. Griechen, Sen. Troad. 616 u. 767. – B) Danaides, um, f. (Δαναΐδες), die Danaiden, die fünfzig Töchter des Danaus, die, mit den fünfzig Söhnen des Ägyptus vermählt, auf Geheiß ihres Vaters in der ersten Nacht ihre Männer umbrachten, mit Ausnahme der Hypermnestra, die ihren Gatten Lynceus am Leben ließ, Sen. Herc. fur. 761. Hyg. fab. 170 u. 255. – C) Danaus, a, um, zu Danaus gehörig, dah. bei Dichtern meton. = argivisch od. griechisch, Prop., Ov. u.a.: bes. Plur. subst., Danaī, ōrum, m., die Danaër = Griechen (vorz. die vor Troja), Verg. u. Prop.: Genet. Plur. Danaûm, ibid.
