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ἐπεὰν νῶτον ὑὸς δελεάσῃ περὶ ἄγκιστρον, μετιεῖ ἐς μέσον τὸν ποταμόν, ὁ κροκόδειλος ἵεται κατὰ τὴν φωνήν, ἐντυχὼν δὲ τῷ νώτῳ καταπίνει → when he has baited a hog's back onto a hook, he throws it into the middle of the river, ... the crocodile lunges toward the voice of a squealing piglet, and having come upon the hogback, swallows it

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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

fūnambŭlus: i, m. funis-ambulo,
I a rope-dancer, Ter. Hec. prol. 4; prol. alt. 26; Suet. Galb. 6.—Transf.: tu funambule pudicitiae et castitatis, Tert. de Pudic. 10. —Called also fūnĭambŭlus, Aug. in Psa. 39, 9.