pygargus
πολλάκις δοκεῖ τὸ φυλάξαι τἀγαθὰ τοῦ κτήσασθαι χαλεπώτερον εἶναι → it often proves harder to keep than to win prosperity | it is often harder for men to keep the good they have, than it was to obtain it
Latin > English
pygargus pygargi N M :: creature with white rump, pygrag; kind of antelope (addax?); kind of eagle/hawk
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
pȳgargus: i, m., = πύγαργος (whiterump).
I A kind of eagle, perh. the bald eagle or fish-hawk, Plin. 10, 3, 3, § 7.—
II A kind of antelope, Plin. 8, 53, 79, § 214; Juv. 11, 138; Vulg. Deut. 14, 5.
Latin > German (Georges)
pȳgargus, ī, m. (πύγαργος), der Weißsteiß, I) eine Art Adler, wahrsch. der Fischadler, Seeadler (Falco Albicilla, L.), franz. l'orfraie, Plin. 10, 6. – II) eine große Antilopenart (Antilope Pygarga, L.), Plin. 8, 214. Iuven. 11, 138. Vulg. deut. 14, 5.
