Phalantus
διὸ καὶ μεταλάττουσι τὴν φυσικὴν χρῆσιν εἰς τὴν παρὰ φύσιν αἱ δοκοῦσαι παρθένοι τῶν εἰδώλων → therefore those professing to be virgins of the idols even change the natural use into the unnatural (Origen, commentary on Romans 1:26)
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
Phălantus: i, m., = Φάλαντος,
I a Spartan who emigrated to Italy and there founded Tarentum: et regnata petam Laconi Rura Phalanto, i.e. Tarentum, Hor. C. 2, 6, 11; Just. 3, 4, 7.—Hence,
A Phă-lantēus, a, um, adj., Phalantean: Phalanteum Tarentum, Sil. 11, 16.—
B Phă-lantīnus, a, um, adj., Phalantine, poet. for Tarentine: Phalantinus Galesus, Mart. 5, 37, 2.—
C Phălanthum, i, n., poetic name for the city of Tarentum, Mart. 8, 28, 3.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
Phălăntus ou Phălănthus, ī, m. (Φάλανθος), Phalante [chef de la colonie lacédémonienne qui vint s’établir à Tarente] : Hor. O. 2, 6, 11 ; Just. 3, 4, 7 || -tēus, a, um, de Phalante, de Tarente : Sil. 11, 16 ; ou -tīnus, a, um, Mart. 5, 37, 2.
