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ὅπου ἡ λεοντῆ μὴ ἐφικνεῖται, προσραπτέον ἐκεῖ τὴν ἀλωπεκῆν → if a lionskin doesn't do the trick, put on the fox | if force doesn't work, try cunning | where the lion's skin will not reach, it must be patched out with the fox's

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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

confrăgus: a, um, adj. confringo (post-Aug.; poet. for confragosus),
I rough, rugged, uneven: dumeta densis arboribus, Luc. 6, 126; Val. Fl. 3, 581.—Subst.: con-frăga, ōrum, n., a rough place, thicket: silvae, Stat. Th. 4, 494.—Comp., sup., and adv. not in use.