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Ubi idem et maximus et honestissimus amor est, aliquando praestat morte jungi, quam vita distrahi → Where indeed the greatest and most honourable love exists, it is much better to be joined by death, than separated by life.

Valerius Maximus, De Factis Dictisque
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|Transliteration C=tersaino
|Transliteration C=tersaino
|Beta Code=tersai/nw
|Beta Code=tersai/nw
|Definition=<span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">dry up</b>, αἷμα μέλαν τέρσηνε <span class="bibl">Il.16.529</span>: pres. in Lyc. 390, <span class="bibl">Nic.<span class="title">Al.</span>551</span>:—Pass., <b class="b2">to be dried up</b>, μυῖαι τερσαίνοντο <span class="bibl">A.R.4.1405</span>; <b class="b2">to be dried</b>, of figs, <span class="bibl">Jul.<span class="title">Ep.</span>180</span>: cf. [[τέρσομαι]].</span>
|Definition=<span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">dry up</b>, αἷμα μέλαν τέρσηνε <span class="bibl">Il.16.529</span>: pres. in Lyc. 390, <span class="bibl">Nic.<span class="title">Al.</span>551</span>:—Pass., <b class="b2">to be dried up</b>, μυῖαι τερσαίνοντο <span class="bibl">A.R.4.1405</span>; <b class="b2">to be dried</b>, of figs, <span class="bibl">Jul.<span class="title">Ep.</span>180</span>: cf. [[τέρσομαι]], [[τέρσω]].</span>
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Transliteration A: tersaínō Transliteration B: tersainō Transliteration C: tersaino Beta Code: tersai/nw

English (LSJ)

   A dry up, αἷμα μέλαν τέρσηνε Il.16.529: pres. in Lyc. 390, Nic.Al.551:—Pass., to be dried up, μυῖαι τερσαίνοντο A.R.4.1405; to be dried, of figs, Jul.Ep.180: cf. τέρσομαι, τέρσω.

German (Pape)

[Seite 1095] trocknen, abtrocknen, abwischen; αἷμα μέλαν τέρσηνε, Il. 16, 529; μυῖαι τερσαίνοντο, Ap. Rh. 4, 1405; vgl. τέρσομαι.

French (Bailly abrégé)

ao. épq. 3ᵉ sg. τέρσηνε;
faire sécher, étancher.
Étymologie: τέρσω.