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|lshtext=<b>Ăchīvus</b>: a, um (<br /><b>I</b> gen. plur. Achivom, Verg. A. 11, 266), adj. fr. [[Achaeus]], [[with]] the Digamma, Achaefos, Achifus, [[Achivus]], Achaean, Grecian (v. [[Achaia]]): [[tellus]], Ov. Pont. 1, 4, 33: [[castra]], id. H. 1, 21.—Hence, Ăchīvi, the Greeks, Cic. Div. 1, 14: [[quidquid]] delirant reges plectuntur Achivi, [[whatever]] wrongs the (Grecian) kings are [[guilty]] of ([[before]] [[Troy]]) [[their]] subjects [[must]] [[suffer]] for; [[but]] it [[soon]] became a [[general]] [[proverb]]: [[whatever]] errors the [[great]] [[commit]], the [[people]] [[must]] atone for, Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 14.
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|gf=<b>Ăchīvus</b>,¹³ a, um, grec : Ov. P. 1, 4, 33 &#124;&#124; <b>Ăchīvī</b>, ōrum, m., les Grecs : Virg. En. 6, 837, etc.||<b>Ăchīvī</b>, ōrum, m., les Grecs : Virg. En. 6, 837, etc.
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