Scaevola
Κρεῖττον τὸ μὴ ζῆν ἐστιν ἢ ζῆν ἀθλίως → Death is better than a life of misery → Satius mori quam calamitose vivere → Der Tod ist besser als ein Leben in der Not
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
Σκαιβόλας, -α, ὁ.
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
Scaevŏla: (in the Fast. Capit. also written Scaevŭla), ae, m. prop. a dim. of 3. Scaeva, the Left-handed.
1 A surname of C. Mucius, who made his way into the camp of Porsenna to kill him, and, on being discovered, burned off his own right hand, Liv. 2, 12 sq.; Flor. 1, 10; Cic. Sest. 21, 48; Sil. 8, 386 al.—
2 After his time, a frequent surname in the gens Mucia; so, P. Mucius Scaevola, consul A. U. C. 621, a friend of Tiberius Gracchus, Cic. Ac. 2, 5, 13 (cf. id. de Or. 2, 70, 285); id. Planc. 36, 88; id. Rep. 1, 19, 31.—
3 Q. Mucius Scaevola, an augur, the most famous jurist of Cicero's time, son-inlaw of C. Laelius, Cic. Lael. 1; id. Leg. 1, 4, 13; id. Rep. 1, 12, 18; id. Brut. 26, 101 sq.; 58, 212; Liv. Epit. 86; Vell. 2, 26; Flor. 3, 21.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
Scævŏla,¹¹ æ, m. (dim. de scæva), surnom dans la gens Mucia ; nott Mucius Scévola [Romain qui, venu pour tuer Porséna dans son camp, frappa un secrétaire, fut arrêté et, comme pour punir sa main droite de sa maladresse, la plaça sur un brasier ardent et la laissa brûler ; d’où son surnom de scævola, gaucher] : Liv. 2, 13, 1 || P. Mucius Scévola, consul l’an de Rome 620, célèbre jurisconsulte et orateur] : Cic. Læl. 1 ; Leg. 1, 13.
Latin > German (Georges)
Scaevola, ae, m. (Demin. von scaeva), Linkhand, ein Beiname des mucischen Geschlechtes, s. Mucius.
