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Phosphorus

From LSJ

Ἔοικα γοῦν τούτου γε σμικρῷ τινι αὐτῷ τούτῳ σοφώτερος εἶναι, ὅτι ἃ μὴ οἶδα οὐδὲ οἴομαι εἰδέναι → I seem, then, in just this little thing to be wiser than this man at any rate, that what I do not know I do not think I know either

Plato, Apology 21d

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

Phosphŏrus: i, m., = Φωσφόρος (the light-bringer).
I The morning-star: Phosphore, redde diem, Mart. 8, 21, 1; Mart. Cap. 8, § 851; 9, § 882.—
II A name of Harpocrates, Inscr. Grut. 88, 13.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

Phōsphŏrus,¹⁵ ī, m. (Φωσφόρος), l’étoile du matin : Mart. 8, 21, 1 || -rĕus, a, um, de l’étoile du matin : Prud. *Cath. 5, 147 [al. Bosphoreus ].