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Ῥίζα γὰρ πάντων τῶν κακῶν ἐστιν ἡ φιλαργυρία → Root of all the evils is the love of money (Radix omnium malorum est cupiditas)
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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
serpĕrastra: (serpĭr-), ōrum, n. perh. from serpo - rastrum, creepingsplints,
I knee-splints or knee-bandages for straightening the crooked legs of children. *
I Lit.: pueris in geniculis alligare, Varr. L. L. 9, § 11 Müll.—*
II Transf., humorously of officers, who hold the soldiers in check: de serperastris cohortis meae nihil est quod doleas, Cic. Att. 7, 3, 8.
