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Θυμοῦ κρατῆσαι κἀπιθυμίας καλόν → Res pulchra et iram et cupiditatem vincere → Den Zorn zu bändigen und die Begier ist schön
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English (LSJ)
ὁ, in Persia,
A mounted courier, for carrying royal dispatches, Hdt.3.126, X.Cyr.8.6.17, Theopomp. Hist. 106, etc. 2 term of abuse ( = φορτηγός), ἄ. ὄλεθρος Men. 2 D., cf. Lib. Or.1.129. II as Adj., ἄ. πῦρ the courier flame, of beacon fires, A.Ag. 282; ἄ. ἡμίονοι posting-mules, Lib. Or.18.143. (Assyr. agarru, 'hired labourer'.)
