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καλῶς γέ μου τὸν υἱὸν ὦ Στιλβωνίδη εὑρὼν ἀπιόντ' ἀπὸ γυμνασίου λελουμένον οὐκ ἔκυσας, οὐ προσεῖπας, οὐ προσηγάγου, οὐκ ὠρχιπέδισας, ὢν ἐμοὶ πατρικὸς φίλος → Ah! Is this well done, Stilbonides? You met my son coming from the bath after the gymnasium and you neither spoke to him, nor kissed him, nor took him with you, nor ever once felt his balls. Would anyone call you an old friend of mine?
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|lshtext=<b>clīvus</b>: i, m. (plur.: clīva, ōrum, n., [[Cato]] ap. Non. p. 195, 2; Front. Limit. p. 43 Goes. dub.) [[clino]] = [[κλίνω]] | |lshtext=<b>clīvus</b>: i, m. (plur.: clīva, ōrum, n., [[Cato]] ap. Non. p. 195, 2; Front. Limit. p. 43 Goes. dub.) [[clino]] = [[κλίνω]], to [[incline]],<br /><b>I</b> a [[gently]] [[sloping]] [[height]], a [[declivity]], [[slope]], an [[ascent]], a [[hill]], [[eminence]], ascending [[road]] ([[class]].): quā se subducere colles Incipiunt, mollique jugum demittere clivo, Verg. E. 9, 8; cf. id. G. 3, 293; Ov. M. 11, 151; 8, 191; so Plaut. As. 3, 3, 118; Ter. Ad. 4, 2, 36; Caes. B. C. 3, 46; Liv. 21, 32, 8; Hor. Ep. 1, 13, 10 et saep.—As antithet. to a [[plain]], [[with]] the epithet [[arduus]], Ov. F. 1, 264: Clivus [[Capitolinus]], the [[higher]] [[road]] ascending to the [[Capitol]], a [[part]] of Sacra Via, Cic. Att. 2, 1, 7; Liv. 3, 18, 7; Plin. 19, 1, 6, § 23; called Clivus Sacer, Hor. C. 4, 2, 35; and absol.: Clivus, Tac. H. 3, 71; Petr. 44, 18.— Prov., for a [[great]] [[difficulty]] to be [[overcome]]: clivo sudamus in imo, we are [[but]] commencing [[our]] [[labor]], Ov. H. 20, 41; cf. id. R. Am. 394; Petr. 47, 8; Sen. Ep. 31, 4; Sil. 4, 605. —Poet., for [[any]] [[thing]] [[sloping]], a [[slope]], [[unevenness]]: mensae, Ov. M. 8, 663. | ||
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clīvus: i, m. (plur.: clīva, ōrum, n., Cato ap. Non. p. 195, 2; Front. Limit. p. 43 Goes. dub.) clino = κλίνω, to incline,
I a gently sloping height, a declivity, slope, an ascent, a hill, eminence, ascending road (class.): quā se subducere colles Incipiunt, mollique jugum demittere clivo, Verg. E. 9, 8; cf. id. G. 3, 293; Ov. M. 11, 151; 8, 191; so Plaut. As. 3, 3, 118; Ter. Ad. 4, 2, 36; Caes. B. C. 3, 46; Liv. 21, 32, 8; Hor. Ep. 1, 13, 10 et saep.—As antithet. to a plain, with the epithet arduus, Ov. F. 1, 264: Clivus Capitolinus, the higher road ascending to the Capitol, a part of Sacra Via, Cic. Att. 2, 1, 7; Liv. 3, 18, 7; Plin. 19, 1, 6, § 23; called Clivus Sacer, Hor. C. 4, 2, 35; and absol.: Clivus, Tac. H. 3, 71; Petr. 44, 18.— Prov., for a great difficulty to be overcome: clivo sudamus in imo, we are but commencing our labor, Ov. H. 20, 41; cf. id. R. Am. 394; Petr. 47, 8; Sen. Ep. 31, 4; Sil. 4, 605. —Poet., for any thing sloping, a slope, unevenness: mensae, Ov. M. 8, 663.
