Persius
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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
Persĭus: ĭi, m.,
I a Roman surname.
I C. Persius, an orator, a contemporary of the Gracchi, Cic. de Or 2, 6, 25; id. Brut. 26, 99; id. Fin. 1, 3, 7.—
II A. Persius Flaccus, a celebrated satirist of Volaterrœ, in Etruria, who died in the reign of Nero, at the age of twenty-eight, A. D. 62, Mart. 4, 29, 7; Quint. 10, 1, 94.—Hence,
B Persĭānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to the poet Persius, Persian: Persianum illud, that passage of Persius, Lact. 2, 2, 18.—
III A third Persius, otherwise unknown, has given his name to the Persĭānae Ăquae, perh. near Carthage, App Flor 3, p. 353, 5.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
Persĭus,¹⁴ ĭī, m.,
1 nom d’orateur : Cic. Br. 99
2 Perse [poète satirique, époque de Néron] : Quint. 10, 1, 94 || -ĭānus, a, um, du poète Perse : Lact. Inst. 2, 2, 18.
Latin > German (Georges)
Persius, iī, m., I) ein Redner und Zeitgenosse des Lucilius, Cic. Brut. 99 u.a. – II) ein bekannter Satirendichter († 28 Jahre alt unter Nero), Nachahmer des Horaz, Mart. 4, 29, 7. Quint. 10, 1, 94. – Persiānus, a, um, persianisch, Persianum illud, jener Ausspruch des Persius, Lact. 2, 2, 18. – u. (v. einem unbekannten Persius), P. aquae, viell. bei Karthago, Apul. flor. 16 in.
