Tithonus
ἄλογον δὴ τὸ μήτε μάχης ἄρξασθαι μήτε τοὺς φίλους φυλάξαι, ἐὰν ὑπό γε τῶν βαρβάρων ἀδικῆσθε → It is irrational neither to begin battle nor to guard the friends, if you are ever wronged by the foreigners
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
Τιθωνός, ὁ.
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
Tīthōnus: or -nos, i, m., = Τιθωνός,>
I son of Laomedon, consort of Aurora, and father of Memnon; endowed with immortality, and changed at last, after reaching a decrepit old age, into a cicada, Cic. Sen. 1, 3; Verg. A. 4, 585; Ov. F. 6, 473; Hor. C. 2, 16, 30; 1, 28, 8: Tithoni conjux, Ov. H. 17 (18), 111.—Hence,
A Tīthōnĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Tithonus, Tithonian: conjux, i. e. Aurora, Ov. F. 3, 403.—Called also, absol.: Tīthōnia, Ov. F. 4, 943; Val. Fl. 1, 311; 3, 1; Stat. Th. 12, 3: senectus, id. S. 4, 3, 151. —
B Tīthōnaeus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Tithonus: Memnon, Avien. Perieg. 368. —
C Tīthōnis, ĭdis, f., the wife of Tithonus, i. e. Aurora, Stat. S. 5, 1, 34.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
Tīthōnus,¹² ī, m. (Τιθωνός), Tithon [fils de Laomédon et époux de l’Aurore] : Virg. En. 4, 585 ; Cic. CM 3.
Latin > German (Georges)
Tīthōnus, ī, m. (Τιθωνός), Sohn des Laomedon, Bruder des Priamus (Königs von Troja), Gemahl der Aurora, Vater des Memnon, erlangte zwar die Unsterblichkeit, aber ohne ewige Jugend und wurde endlich in eine Heuschrecke verwandelt, Cic. de sen. 3. Verg. Aen. 4, 585. Hor. carm. 1, 28, 8: Tithoni coniunx, Ov. her. 17 (18), 111. – appell., tremulus Tithonus, v. einem Greise, Plaut. Men. 854. – Dav.: A) Tīthōnaeus, a, um, tithonäisch, Avien. – B) Tīthōnis, idis, f. (Τιθωνίς), die Tithonide, v. der Aurora (Morgenröte), Stat. – C) Tīthōnius, a, um, tithonisch, coniunx u. subst. bl. Tithonia, Aurora, Ov.
