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ἐπὶ ξυροῦ γὰρ ἀκμῆς ἔχεται ἡμῖν τὰ πρήγματα → our affairs are balanced on a razor's edge, our affairs are set upon the razor's edge
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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
praedātor: ōris, m. id.,
I a plunderer, pillager.
I Lit. (class.): quos ego in eodem genere praedatorum direptorumque pono, Cic. Cat. 2, 9, 20: exercitus, praedator ex sociis, Sall. J. 44, 1.—
II Transf.
A A hunter (poet.): praedator aprorum, Ov. M. 12, 306; Stat. Th. 4, 316.—Transf.: corporis, i. e. a ravisher, Petr. 85, 3.—*
B A rapacious or avaricious man, Tib. 2, 3, 43.
