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Ῥίζα γὰρ πάντων τῶν κακῶν ἐστιν ἡ φιλαργυρίαRoot of all the evils is the love of money (Radix omnium malorum est cupiditas)

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Latin > English

gabalus gabali N M :: gallows, gibbet

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

gābălus: i, m. an old Germ. word, i. q. the modern Gabel (fork); hence, as an instrument of punishment,
I a kind of gallows (syn.: furca, patibulum, crux).
I Lit.: in gabalum aliquem suffigere, Varr. ap. Non. 117, 15.—*
II Transf., as a term of reproach, gallows-bird, hang-dog, Macrin. ap. Capit. Macrin. 11.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

găbălus, ī, m., croix, potence : Varro Men. 24 || [c. injure] pendard : Capit. Macr. 11, 6.

Latin > German (Georges)

gabalus, ī, m., ein Kreuz, Galgen, Varro sat. Men. 24: als Schimpfwort, Galgenvogel, Galgenstrick, Macrin. b. Capit. Macrin. 11, 6. v. 2 (= Anthol. Lat. 801, 2 M.).