obeliscus
ἡμῶν δ' ὅσα καὶ τὰ σώματ' ἐστὶ τὸν ἀριθμὸν καθ' ἑνός, τοσούτους ἔστι καὶ τρόπους ἰδεῖν → whatever number of persons there are, the same will be found the number of minds and of characters
Latin > English
obeliscus obelisci N M :: obelisk; critical mark (placed opposite suspected passages L+S); rose bud
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
ŏbĕliscus: i, m., = ὀβελίσκος (a small spit; hence),
I An obelisk: trabes ex Syenite marmore fecere reges, obeliscos vocantes Solis numini sacratos, Plin. 36, 8, 14, § 64 sq.; cf. Amm. 17, 4, 17; Isid. Orig. 18, 31; Tac. A. 3, 60.—
II A rose-bud (postclass.), Aus. Idyll. 14, 27.—
III A mark in books placed against suspected passages, an obelisk (†), Aug. Ep. 10, 2 (cf. obelus).
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
ŏbĕliscus,¹⁶ ī, m. (ὀβελίσκος), obélisque : Isid. Orig. 18, 31 ; Plin. 36, 64 || [fig.] bouton de la rose : Aus. Idyll. 14, 28 || c. obelus Aug. Ep. 10, 2.
Latin > German (Georges)
obeliscus, ī, m. (ὀβελίσκος, ein »kleiner Spieß«, übtr., von dem, was mit ihm Ähnlichkeit hat), I) eine Spitzsäule mit einer kleinen Grundfläche, der Obelisk, Plin. 36, 64 u. 71. Suet. Claud. 20, 3. Amm. 16, 10, 17 u. 16, 17, 4. Isid. orig. 18, 31, 1 u. 2. – II) die Rosenknospe, Auson. edyll. 14, 27. p. 244 Schenkl. – III) die Figur eines kleinen Spießes, die man in den Büchern an die verdächtigen Stellen machte, Augustin. epist. 10, 2.
Latin > Chinese
Translations
obelisk
Albanian: obelisk; Arabic: مِسَلَّة; Armenian: կոթող; Azerbaijani: obelisk; Belarusian: абелі́ск; Bulgarian: обелиск; Burmese: ကျောက်စာတိုင်; Catalan: obelisc; Chinese Mandarin: 方尖碑; Czech: obelisk; Danish: obelisk; Dutch: obelisk; Esperanto: obelisko; Estonian: obelisk; Finnish: obeliski; French: obélisque; Galician: obelisco; Georgian: ობელისკი; German: Obelisk; Greek: οβελίσκος; Ancient Greek: ὀβελίσκος; Hebrew: אוֹבֶּלִיסְק; Hindi: ओबिलिस्क; Hungarian: obeliszk; Irish: oibilisc; Italian: obelisco; Japanese: オベリスク, 方尖柱; Kazakh: обелиск; Korean: 오벨리스크, 방첨탑(方尖塔); Kyrgyz: обелиск; Latin: obeliscus; Latvian: obelisks; Lithuanian: obeliskas; Macedonian: обелиск; Norwegian Bokmål: obelisk; Persian: ابلیسک; Polish: obelisk; Portuguese: obelisco; Romanian: obelisc; Russian: обелиск; Serbo-Croatian Cyrillic: обѐлиск; Roman: obèlisk; Slovak: obelisk; Slovene: obelísk; Spanish: obelisco; Swedish: obelisk; Tagalog: obelisko; Tajik: обелиск; Turkish: obelisk, dikili taş, dikilitaş; Ukrainian: обелі́ск; Uzbek: obelisk; Vietnamese: tượng đài
