phoenix
From LSJ
μέτρον γὰρ τοῦ βίου τὸ καλόν, οὐ τὸ τοῦ χρόνου μῆκος → for life's measure is its beauty not its length (Plutarch, Consolatio ad Apollonium 111.D.4)
Latin > English
phoenix phoenicis N M :: phoenix, a fabulous bird of Arabia
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
phoenix: īcis (acc. Phoenica, Ov. M. 15, 393), m.,
I the phœnix, a fabulous bird in Arabia. It was said to live 500 years, and from its ashes a young phœnix arose, Sen. Ep. 42, 1; Plin. 10, 2, 2, § 3; Tac. A. 6, 28; Aur. Vict. Caes. 4; Ov. Am. 2, 6, 54; id. M. 15, 393; Stat. S. 2, 4, 36; Claud. Laud. Stil. 2, 417.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
(1) phœnīx,¹⁴ īcis (φοῖνιξ),
1 m., phénix [oiseau fabuleux] : Sen. Ep. 42, 1 ; Tac. Ann. 6, 28 ; Ov. M. 15, 392
2 f., le palmier : Plin. 29, 56.
Latin > German (Georges)
(3) phoenīx3, īcis, f. (φοίνιξ), der Palmbaum, phoenix elate, Plin. 29, 56.
