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| has gloss | eng: Trimalchio is a character in the Roman "novel" The Satyricon by Petronius. He plays a part only in the section entitled Cena Trimalchionis (The Banquet of Trimalchio). Trimalchio is a freedman who through hard work and perseverance has attained power and wealth. His full name is Gaius Pompeius Trimalchio Maecenatianus; the references to Pompey and Maecenas in his name serve to enhance his ostentatious character. His wifes name is Fortunata, a former slave and chorus girl. Trimalchio is known for throwing lavish dinner parties, where his numerous servants bring course after course of exotic delicacies, such as live birds sewn up inside a pig and a dish to represent every sign of the zodiac. The Satyricon has a lengthy description of Trimalchios proposed tomb, which is incredibly ostentatious and lavish. |
| lexicalization | eng: Trimalchio |
| instance of | c/Fictional ancient Romans |
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| French | |
| has gloss | fra: Trimalcion est un personnage fictif du Satyricon, un roman attribué à l'auteur latin Pétrone. |
| lexicalization | fra: Trimalcion |
| Latin | |
| has gloss | lat: Trimalchio est vir in Satyricis Petronii. Intrat fabulam sole in parte qua appellatur "Cena Trimalchionis". Trimalchio est libertus qui per diligens opus et pertinaciam potitus est potestatem divitiasque. Eius totus nomen est Gaius Pompeius Trimalchio Maecenatianus; eius uxor appellatur Fortunata, quae prius prostituta erat. Trimalchio notus est habenti lautias cenas, in qua multi servi ferunt fercula cupidiorum exoticorum. In his fericulis sunt epula sicut aves posita in apro. Etiam erat asellus Corinthius. |
| lexicalization | lat: Trimalchio |
| Russian | |
| has gloss | rus: Трималхио́н — персонаж древнеримского романа «Сатирикон», разбогатевший вольноотпущенник. Главное действующее лицо самого обширного из сохранившихся фрагментов. Имя Trimalchio — семитского происхождения; malchio соответствует — противный; tri-malchio — трижды противный. Аналогичный персонаж Марциала носит имя Малхион . |
| lexicalization | rus: Трималхион |
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