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οὐκ ἐν τῷ πολλῷ τὸ εὖ, ἀλλ' ἐν τῷ εὖ τὸ πολύgood is not found in plenty but plenty in good, quality matters more than quantity

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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

ēgestĭo: ōnis, f. egero,
I a carrying out or off, an emptying, voiding (post-Aug. and rare): cadaverum et ruderum, Suet. Ner. 38: ventris et urinae, Cael. Aur. Tard. 5, 10; for which simply egestio, Suet. Claud. 44 fin.; Veg. Vet. 5, 14, 6: publicarum opum, a wasting, squandering, Plin. Ep. 8, 6, 7.