Ennius
ἐπ' αὐτὸν ἥκεις τὸν βατῆρα τῆς θύρας → you've come to the crux of the matter, come to the point, hit the nail on the head, you've come to the very threshold of the door, you are come to the very threshold of the door, you've arrived at the truth of the matter
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
Ennĭus: i, m.
I Q. Ennius, the most celebrated Roman poet of the ante-class. period, the father of Roman epic poetry, born at Rudiae, in Calabria, 515, died 585 A. U. C.; Ter. And. prol. 18; Cic. Brut. 18, 73 sq.; Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 50.—Cf. respecting him, Teuffel's Gesch. der Röm. Lit. p. 157 sq., Bernhardy's Grundriss der Röm. Lit. pp. 188 sq., 360 sq., and the authorities cited by both.—
B Derivv.
1 Ennĭā-nus, a, um, adj., Ennian: versus, Sen. Ep. 108; cf. Gell. 12, 2, 7: distichon, Mart. Cap. 1, § 42: Neoptolemus, id. 5, 15 fin.: populus, the admirers of Ennius's poetry, Sen. ap. Gell. 12, 2, 10.—
2 Ennĭānista, ae, m., an imitator of Ennius, Auct. ap. Gell. 8, 5, 3.—
II L. Ennius, a Roman knight, Tac. A. 3, 70.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
Ennĭus,¹⁰ ĭī, m., Ennius [ancien poète latin] : Cic. Br. 73 || -ĭānus, a, um, d’Ennius : Sen. Ep. 108, 33.
Latin > German (Georges)
Ennius, iī, m., aus Rudiä in Kalabrien (dah. Rudinus homo von Cicero gen., vgl. Rudinus unter Rudiae), geb. 239 v. Chr., der größte röm. Dichter der vorklass. Zeit, Schöpfer des röm. Epos, noch in später Zeit von den Römern hochgeehrt und gepriesen (gest. 169 v. Chr.), Ter. Andr. prol. 18. Cic. Brut. 73 sqq. Hor. ep. 2, 1, 50. Ov. trist. 2, 424. Quint. 10, 1, 88. – Dav.: A) Enniānus, a, um, ennianisch, Sen. u.a. – subst., Enniāna, ōrum, n., ennianische (harte) Ausdrücke, Cic. u. Gell. – B) Enniānista, ae, Akk. am, m., ein Nachahmer des Ennius, Gell. 18, 5, 3.
