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Ἐχθροῦ παρ' ἀνδρὸς οὐδέν ἐστι χρήσιμον → Inimicus homo nil umquam praestat utile → Von einem Feind kommt niemals etwas Nützliches
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English (LSJ)
only pres.,
A prattle, chatter, usu. with collat. notion of coaxing, wheedling, αἱμύλα κωτίλλουσα Hes.Op.374; μαλθακὰ κ. Thgn.852; ἡδέα κωτίλλοντα καθήμενον οἰνοποτάζειν Phoc.11; ἀνάνυτα κ. Theoc.15.87; ἑλικτὰ ἔπη Lyc.1466; κ. καὶ λιγαίνειν, of a speech in court, to be lively, tripping, D.H.Dem.44. II trans., cajole, beguile with fair words, εὖ κώτιλλε τὸν ἐχθρόν Thgn.363; μὴ κώτιλλέ με tease me not by prating, S.Ant.756; τοιαῦτα κωτίλλουσα τὴν ἀχαΐνην Babr.95.87.
