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Meriones

From LSJ

Ubi idem et maximus et honestissimus amor est, aliquando praestat morte jungi, quam vita distrahi → Where indeed the greatest and most honourable love exists, it is much better to be joined by death, than separated by life.

Valerius Maximus, De Factis Dictisque

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

Μηριόνης, -ου, ὁ.

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

Mērĭŏnes: ae, m., = Μηριόνης,
I a charioteer of Idomeneus, who piloted his ships from Crete to Troy, Ov. M. 13, 359; Hor. C. 1, 6, 15; 1, 15, 26.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

Mērĭŏnēs,¹⁵ æ, m. (Μηριόνης), Mérion [écuyer d’Idoménée] : Ov. M. 13, 358.

Latin > German (Georges)

Mērionēs, ae, m. (Μηριόνης), ein Kreter, Waffenfreund u. Wagenlenker des Idomeneus, einer der tapfersten Helden vor Troja, Hor. carm. 1, 6, 15 u. 15, 26. Ov. met. 13, 358 sq.