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Αὐτάρκης ἔσῃ, ἂν μάθῃς τί τὸ καλὸν κἀγαθόν ἐστι → You will be contented with your lot if you learn what the honourable and good is

Plutarch, De virtute et vitio

Revision as of 09:30, 13 August 2017

ămĭantus: i, m., = ἀμίαντος (unspotted, pure),
I the amianth, a stone which may be separated into threads and spun, and is inconsumable by fire; asbestos, earth-flax, Plin. 36, 19, 31, § 139.

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+|lshtext=<b>ămĭantus</b>: i, m., = [[ἀμίαντος]] ([[unspotted]], [[pure]]),<br /><b>I</b> the amianth, a [[stone]] [[which]] [[may]] be separated [[into]] threads and spun, and is inconsumable by [[fire]]; [[asbestos]], [[earth]]-[[flax]], Plin. 36, 19, 31, § 139.
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