Postumius
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
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
Ποστούμιος, ὁ.
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
Postŭmĭus: (erroneously writt. Post-hŭmĭus; v. postumus, under posterus, III. B.), i, m.; Postŭmia, ae, f.,
I name of a Roman gens.
I Postumius Tubertus, a Roman consul, Liv. 2, 16.—
II Postumia, wife of Sulpicius, Cic. Fam. 4, 2, 1.—
III A Vestal, Liv. 4, 44.—
A woman addicted to tippling, Cat. 27, 3.—Hence,
A Po-stŭmĭus, a, um, adj., Postumian: lex, Plin. 14, 12, 14, § 88: via, leading towards Genoa, Tac. H. 3, 21.—
B Postŭmĭā-nus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to a Postumius, Postumian: imperia, i. e. of the dictator A. Postumius Tubertus, Gell. 1, 13, 7; Liv. 4, 29: caedes, i. e. of M. Postumius Regillensis, id. 4, 51.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
Postŭmius,⁹ ĭī, nom d’une famille rom. ; nott le dictateur A. Postumius Tubertus : Liv. 4, 26 || -mĭus, a, um, de Postumius : via Postumia Tac. H. 3, 21, voie Postumia [près de Vérone] || ou -mĭānus, a, um, Liv. 4, 29, 6 ; 4, 51.
Latin > German (Georges)
Postumius, a, um (vgl. Varro LL. 9, 60), Name einer röm. gens, aus der am bekanntesten der Konsul P. Postumius Tubertus, Besieger der Sabiner, Liv. 2, 16, 1. Plin. 15, 125. – A. Postumius Tubertus, der als Diktator seinen eigenen Sohn enthaupten ließ, weil er gegen seine Befehle mit dem Feinde gefochten, Liv. 4, 26, 11. Val. Max. 2, 7, 6: poet. Nbf. Postumus, Ov. fast. 6, 724 (wo Vok. Postume). – Adi. postumisch, via, Tac.: imperia, des Diktators Postumius, Gell. – Dav. Postumiānus, a, um, postumianisch, des (Diktators) Postumius, imperia, Liv. 4, 29, 6.
