Ocnus
Frieze-Dennison Vergil
Ocnus , ī, m.: founder of Mantua, 10.198.
Ocnus or -os, = Ὄκνος (sloth).
- The founder of the city of Mantua, Verg. A. 10, 198.—
- II An allegorical picture of Socrales the painter, which represented a man twisting a rope, while an ass kept gnawing it apart, Plin. 35, 11, 40, § 137.—Hence, prov., of labor in vain, which never comes to an end, Prop. 4, 3, 21.
Ocnus, ī, m. (Ὄκνος), I) Erbauer der Stadt Mantua, Verg. Aen. 10, 198. – II) eine allegorische Figur in einem Gemälde des Nikophanes, ein Mann, der ein Seil dreht, das eine Eselin wieder zernagt, Plin. 35, 137: sprichw. gewordenes Symbol jeder vergebens unternommenen, nie zu Ende kommenden Arbeit, Prop. 4, 3, 21.
Ocnus, (15) ī, m. (Ὄκνος), Ocnus [fondateur de Mantoue] : Virg. En. 10, 198 || personnage allégorique, pris pour type de lʼindolence : Plin. 35, 137 ; Prop. 4, 3, 21.
Ocnus
a son of Tiberis and Manto, and the reputed founder of the town of Mantua, though according to others he was a brother or a son of Auletes, and the founder of Cesena in Gaul. (Serv. ad Aen. 10.198.) [L.S]