Parca
ἀλλ' ἐπὶ καὶ θανάτῳ φάρμακον κάλλιστον ἑᾶς ἀρετᾶς ἅλιξιν εὑρέσθαι σὺν ἄλλοις → even at the price of death, the fairest way to win his own exploits together with his other companions | but even at the risk of death would find the finest elixir of excellence together with his other companions | but to find, together with other young men, the finest remedy — the remedy of one's own valor — even at the risk of death
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
Parca: ae, f. root πλεκ->; cf. πλέκω, πλοκή; Lat. plecto, plico,
I one of the goddesses of Fate, whose Latin names are Nona, Decuma, and Morta, Caesell. Vindex ap. Gell. 3, 16, 11 (their Greek names are Clotho, Lachesis, and Atropos, Hyg. Fab. 171).—In sing.: Parca non mendax, Hor. C. 2, 16, 39: tenax veri, Pers. 5, 48: dura, Ov. P. 4, 15, 36.—Plur., the Fates: Parcae, Hesperides, etc.: quos omnes Erebo et Nocte natos ferunt, Cic. N. D. 3, 17, 44: Parcae fatalia nentes Stamina non ulli dissoluenda deo, Tib. 1, 7, 1: immites, Prop. 4 (5), 11, 13: iniquae, Hor. C. 2, 6, 9: veraces, id. C. S. 25: sic placitum Parcis, id. C. 2, 17, 16; Lact. 2, 10, 20; Verg. E. 4, 47; Juv. 12, 64.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
Parca,¹¹ æ, f., la Parque, le Destin : Hor. O. 2, 16, 39 ; Ov. P. 4, 15, 36 || pl. Parcæ, les Parques Clotho, Lachésis, Atropos : Cic. Nat. 3, 44 ; Virg. B. 4, 47.
Latin > German (Georges)
Parca, ae, f. (*par[i]ca zu pario, Geburtsgöttin), die uns unter Los zuteilende Göttin, die Parze, Schicksalsgöttin, Hor. carm. 2, 16, 39. Ov. am. 2, 6, 46. – Plur. Parcae, die drei Parzen (Μοιραι, einzeln Κλωθώ, Clotho, Λάχεσις, Lachesis, Ἄτροπος, Atropos), von denen der Menschen Schicksal und Tod abhing (Klotho, sagt man, hielt den Rocken, Lachesis spann, Atropos schnitt den Lebensfaden ab), Varro LL. 6, 52. Cic. de nat. deor. 3, 44. Lact. 2, 10, 20. Verg. ecl. 4, 47 u.a. Dichter.
