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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>cīris</b>, is, f. ([[κεῖρις]]), l’aigrette [oiseau] : Ov. M. 8, 151 || titre d’un petit poème attribué jadis à Virgile. | |gf=<b>cīris</b>, is, f. ([[κεῖρις]]), l’aigrette [oiseau] : Ov. M. 8, 151 || titre d’un petit poème attribué jadis à Virgile.||titre d’un petit poème attribué jadis à Virgile. | ||
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Revision as of 07:30, 14 August 2017
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
cīris: is, f., = κεῖρις,
I a bird (acc. to Hyg. Fab. 198, a fish = κίρρις, Etym. M.), into which Scylla, the daughter of Nisus, was changed, Ov. M. 8, 151; Verg. Cir. 488 sq.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
cīris, is, f. (κεῖρις), l’aigrette [oiseau] : Ov. M. 8, 151 || titre d’un petit poème attribué jadis à Virgile.
