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Ὁ αὐτὸς ἔφησε τὸν μὲν ὕπνον ὀλιγοχρόνιον θάνατον, τὸν δὲ θάνατον πολυχρόνιον ὕπνον → Plato said that sleep was a short-lived death but death was a long-lived sleep
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|lshtext=<b>călumnĭātor</b>: (kălumnĭātor; v. the foreg.), ōris, m. [[calumnior]]; [[mostly]] t. t.,<br /><b>I</b> a [[contriver]] of tricks or artifices, a [[pettifogger]], a perverter of [[law]], a chicaner ([[sometimes]], [[perhaps]], branded on the [[forehead]] [[with]] the [[letter]] K = [[calumniator]]; cf. Voss, Arist. 1, 17; Ernest. Clav. Cic. Ind. Leg. s. v. Remmia): si calvitur et moretur et frustratur. Inde et calumniatores appellati sunt, [[quia]] per fraudem et frustrationem alios vexarent litibus, Dig. 50, 16, 223: [[scriptum]] sequi calumniatoris esse: boni judicis, voluntatem scriptoris auctoritatemque defendere, Cic. Caecil. 23, 65: calumniatores apponere, id. Verr. 2, 1, 10, § 27: calumniatorem quaerere, id. ib. 2, 2, 8, § 22; 2, 2, 10, § 26: [[egens]], id. Clu. 59, 163; id. Quint. 28, 87; Phaedr. 1, 17, 2; Mart. 11, 66, 1; Dig. 3, 2, 4, § 4; Suet. Rhet. 4.—<br /><b>II</b> Trop.: [[calumniator]] sui, one [[who]] is [[too]] [[anxious]] in [[regard]] to his [[work]], [[over]]-[[scrupulous]], Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 92; cf. [[calumnia]], III. B., and [[calumnior]], II. B. > | |||
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călumnĭātor: (kălumnĭātor; v. the foreg.), ōris, m. calumnior; mostly t. t.,
I a contriver of tricks or artifices, a pettifogger, a perverter of law, a chicaner (sometimes, perhaps, branded on the forehead with the letter K = calumniator; cf. Voss, Arist. 1, 17; Ernest. Clav. Cic. Ind. Leg. s. v. Remmia): si calvitur et moretur et frustratur. Inde et calumniatores appellati sunt, quia per fraudem et frustrationem alios vexarent litibus, Dig. 50, 16, 223: scriptum sequi calumniatoris esse: boni judicis, voluntatem scriptoris auctoritatemque defendere, Cic. Caecil. 23, 65: calumniatores apponere, id. Verr. 2, 1, 10, § 27: calumniatorem quaerere, id. ib. 2, 2, 8, § 22; 2, 2, 10, § 26: egens, id. Clu. 59, 163; id. Quint. 28, 87; Phaedr. 1, 17, 2; Mart. 11, 66, 1; Dig. 3, 2, 4, § 4; Suet. Rhet. 4.—
II Trop.: calumniator sui, one who is too anxious in regard to his work, over-scrupulous, Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 92; cf. calumnia, III. B., and calumnior, II. B. >
