Seriphus
From LSJ
Ψυχῆς γὰρ οὐδέν ἐστι τιμιώτερον → Nil reperiri carius vita potest → Kein Gut ist als das Leben wertvoller
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
Σέριφος, ἡ.
of Seriphus, adj.: Σερίφιος.
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
Sĕrīphus: or -os, i, f., = Σέρῖφος,
I a small rocky island in the Ægean Sea, reckoned among the Cyclades, now Serfo, Mel. 2, 7, 11; Plin. 4, 12, 22, § 63; Cic. N. D. 1, 31, 88; Ov. M. 5, 242; 5, 251; 7, 464; Juv. 6, 564; 10, 170 et saep.—Hence, Sĕrīphĭus, a, um, adj., Seriphian: absinthium, Plin. 27, 7, 29, § 53 (Jahn, seriphum); 32, 9, 31, § 100 (Jahn, seriphum): saxum, Tac. A. 4, 21.— Subst.: Sĕrīphĭus, ii, m., a Seriphian, Cic. Sen. 3, 8.
