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οὐ γὰρ συμφύεται τὰ πεπηγότα ὤσπερ τὰ ὑγρά (Aristotle, Meteorologica 348a.14) → since solid bodies/frozen drops cannot coalesce like liquid ones
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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
thēta: indecl. n., = θῆτα,>
I the Greek letter θ;> as the initial letter of the word θάνατος> (death), written by the Greeks upon their voting-tablets in sign of condemnation, Mart. 7, 37, 2; Aus. Epigr. 128 (cf. Pers. 4, 13).—Upon Latin epitaphs, = OBIIT, MORTVVS EST, Inscr. Orell. 4472 sq.; cf. Marin. Fratr. Arv. p. 610.—Appended to a passage as a critical mark of censure, Sid. Carm. 9, 335.
