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Ἔοικα γοῦν τούτου γε σμικρῷ τινι αὐτῷ τούτῳ σοφώτερος εἶναι, ὅτι ἃ μὴ οἶδα οὐδὲ οἴομαι εἰδέναι → I seem, then, in just this little thing to be wiser than this man at any rate, that what I do not know I do not think I know either
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|lshtext=<b>maltha</b>: ae, f., = [[μάλθα]] | |lshtext=<b>maltha</b>: ae, f., = [[μάλθα]],<br /><b>I</b> a [[kind]] of [[thick]], fatty petroleum from [[Samosata]], fossil [[tar]], the [[flame]] of [[which]] could be extinguished [[only]] [[with]] [[earth]], Plin. 2, 104, 108, § 235.—<br /> <b>B</b> Transf., a [[kind]] of [[varnish]] or [[cement]] made of slaked [[lime]] and [[hog]]'s [[fat]]: [[maltha]] e calce [[fit]] recenti; [[gleba]] vino restinguitur: mox tunditur cum adipe suillo et ficu, Plin. 36, 24, 38, § 181; Pall. 1, 41.— *<br /><b>II</b> Trop., an [[effeminate]] [[person]], Lucil. ap. Non. 37, 9. | ||
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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
maltha: ae, f., = μάλθα,
I a kind of thick, fatty petroleum from Samosata, fossil tar, the flame of which could be extinguished only with earth, Plin. 2, 104, 108, § 235.—
B Transf., a kind of varnish or cement made of slaked lime and hog's fat: maltha e calce fit recenti; gleba vino restinguitur: mox tunditur cum adipe suillo et ficu, Plin. 36, 24, 38, § 181; Pall. 1, 41.— *
II Trop., an effeminate person, Lucil. ap. Non. 37, 9.
