Palmyra
Βίων δύο ἔλεγε διδασκαλίας εἶναι θανάτου, τόν τε πρὸ τοῦ γενέσθαι χρόνον καὶ τὸν ὕπνον → Bion used to say that we have two teachers for death: the time before we were born and sleep | Bion said that there are two rehearsals for death: the time before being born and sleep
Latin > English
Palmyra Palmyrae N F :: Palmyra, city in Syria
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
Palmȳra: (Palmīra), ae, f., = Παλμύρα, Παλμιρα,
I a city of Syria, whose ruins still remain, the seat of the empire of Odenathus and Zenobia, Plin. 5, 25, 21, § 86; 6, 28, 32, § 144.—Hence, Palmȳrēnus (Palmīr-), a, um, adj., of Palmyra: solitudines, Plin. 5, 24, 21, § 87.—Subst.: Palmȳ-rēna, ae, f., the country around Palmyra, Plin. 6, 28, 32, § 143; and Palmȳrēnus, i, m., an epithet of the emperor L. Domitius Aurelius, on account of his victory over Palmyra, Inscr. Grut. 276, 5.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
Palmȳra, æ, f., Palmyre [ville de Syrie : Plin. 5, 88 ; Capel. 6, 680 || Palmȳrēnus, a, um, de Palmyre : Plin. 5, 87 || subst. m., vainqueur de Palmyre : Inscr.
Latin > German (Georges)
Palmȳra (Palmīra), ae, f. (Παλμύρα, Παλμίρα), Stadt in Syrien, Residenz des palmyrenischen Reichs unter Odenathus u. dessen Gemahlin Zenobia, eine der herrlichsten Städte des Orients, j. großartige Ruinen beim Flecken Thadmor, Plin. 5, 88. Mart. Cap. 6. § 680. – Dav. Palmȳrēnus, a, um (Παλμυρηνός), palmyrenisch, Plin. 5, 87.
