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νεκρὸν ἐάν ποτ' ἴδηις καὶ μνήματα κωφὰ παράγηις κοινὸν ἔσοπτρον ὁρᾶις· ὁ θανὼν οὕτως προσεδόκα → whenever you see a body dead, or pass by silent tombs, you look into the mirror of all men's destiny: the dead man expected nothing else | if you ever see a corpse or walk by quiet graves, that's when you look into the mirror we all share: the dead expected this
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|lshtext=<b>extĕnŭātĭo</b>: ōnis, f. [[extenuo]],<br /><b>I</b> a thinning, rarefaction.<br /><b>I</b> Lit.: [[vitium]], Plin. 17, 26, 39, § 246; Sen. Q. N. 2, 57, 3.—<br /><b>II</b> Trop., a lessening, [[diminution]], [[extenuation]], as a [[figure]] of [[speech]], the Gr. [[μείωσις]] | |lshtext=<b>extĕnŭātĭo</b>: ōnis, f. [[extenuo]],<br /><b>I</b> a thinning, rarefaction.<br /><b>I</b> Lit.: [[vitium]], Plin. 17, 26, 39, § 246; Sen. Q. N. 2, 57, 3.—<br /><b>II</b> Trop., a lessening, [[diminution]], [[extenuation]], as a [[figure]] of [[speech]], the Gr. [[μείωσις]] or [[ἐλάττωσις]], Cic. de Or. 3, 53, 202; Quint. 9, 1, 28; 9, 2, 3. | ||
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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
extĕnŭātĭo: ōnis, f. extenuo,
I a thinning, rarefaction.
I Lit.: vitium, Plin. 17, 26, 39, § 246; Sen. Q. N. 2, 57, 3.—
II Trop., a lessening, diminution, extenuation, as a figure of speech, the Gr. μείωσις or ἐλάττωσις, Cic. de Or. 3, 53, 202; Quint. 9, 1, 28; 9, 2, 3.
