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καλῶς δρῶν ἐξαμαρτεῖν μᾶλλον ἢ νικᾶν κακῶς → I would prefer to fail with honor than to win by evil | I prefer to fail by acting rightly rather than win by acting wrongly | Better fail by doing right, than win by doing wrong (Sophocles, Philoctetes 95)
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|gf=<b>bĭfĕr</b>,¹⁵ ĕra, ĕrum ([[bis]], [[fero]]), qui porte deux fois dans l’année [arbre] : Virg. G. 4, 119 || double : biferum [[corpus]] Manil. 4, 230, corps moitié homme, moitié [[animal]]. | |gf=<b>bĭfĕr</b>,¹⁵ ĕra, ĕrum ([[bis]], [[fero]]), qui porte deux fois dans l’année [arbre] : Virg. G. 4, 119 || double : biferum [[corpus]] Manil. 4, 230, corps moitié homme, moitié [[animal]].||double : biferum [[corpus]] Manil. 4, 230, corps moitié homme, moitié [[animal]]. | ||
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Revision as of 07:28, 14 August 2017
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
bĭfer: ĕra, ĕrum, adj. bis-fero.
I Lit., bearing fruit twice a year: arbor, malus, etc., Varr. R. R. 1, 7, 7: ficus, Col. 10, 403; 5, 10, 11; Plin. 13, 22, 41, § 121; 16, 27, 50, § 114; Suet. Aug. 76: biferique rosaria Paesti, Verg. G. 4, 119 (acc. to Serv. the rose blossomed twice in a year at Paestum).— *
II Transf., of twofold form: biferum Centauri corpus, a horse and man, Manil. 4, 230.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
bĭfĕr,¹⁵ ĕra, ĕrum (bis, fero), qui porte deux fois dans l’année [arbre] : Virg. G. 4, 119 || double : biferum corpus Manil. 4, 230, corps moitié homme, moitié animal.
