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Cras amet qui numquam amavit quique amavit cras amet → May he love tomorrow who has never loved before; And may he who has loved, love tomorrow as well.

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English (LSJ)

[κᾰ], ατος, τό,

   A anything hung up beside or before so as to cover a thing, covering, curtain, Plu.Alex.51, etc.    2 metaph., veil, cloak, τῶν κακῶν Antiph.167; ἀφεγγὲς λήθης π. LXX Wi.17.3; γήρᾳ π. τοῦ χρόνου ποιούμενος J.AJ16.8.1; π. τῆς ἡδονῆς τὸ σκότος προθέσθαι Plu.2.654d; excuse, pretext, τῇ λύρᾳ π. χρώμενος Id.Per.4; ἐχρήσατο τῆς ἀπορίας -καλύμματι Id.2.27e, cf. Ph.2.186.