Messapia: Difference between revisions
δυοῖν κακοῖν προκειμένοιν τὸ μὴ χεῖρον βέλτιστον → the lesser of two evils, the less bad thing of a pair of bad things, better the devil you know, better the devil you know than the devil you don't, better the devil you know than the devil you don't know, better the devil you know than the one you don't, better the devil you know than the one you don't know, the devil that you know is better than the devil that you don't know, the devil we know is better than the devil we don't, the devil we know is better than the devil we don't know, the devil you know is better than the devil you don't
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|lshtext=<b>Messāpĭa</b>: (Mesāpĭa), ae, f.,<br /><b>I</b> the old [[name]] of a [[part]] of Lower [[Italy]] ([[Apulia]] and [[Calabria]]): [[Messapia]] [[Apulia]] a Messapo rege appellata, Paul. ex Fest. p. 125 Müll.; cf. Plin. 3, 11, 16, § 99.—Hence, Messāpĭus (Mesāp-), a, um, adj., of or belonging to [[Messapia]], Messapian, Apulian, Calabrian: arva, Ov. M. 14, 513.—In | |lshtext=<b>Messāpĭa</b>: (Mesāpĭa), ae, f.,<br /><b>I</b> the old [[name]] of a [[part]] of Lower [[Italy]] ([[Apulia]] and [[Calabria]]): [[Messapia]] [[Apulia]] a Messapo rege appellata, Paul. ex Fest. p. 125 Müll.; cf. Plin. 3, 11, 16, § 99.—Hence, Messāpĭus (Mesāp-), a, um, adj., of or belonging to [[Messapia]], Messapian, Apulian, Calabrian: arva, Ov. M. 14, 513.—In plur., as subst.: Messāpii (Mesāp-), ōrum, m., the [[Messapians]], Liv. 8, 24. | ||
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Messāpĭa: (Mesāpĭa), ae, f.,
I the old name of a part of Lower Italy (Apulia and Calabria): Messapia Apulia a Messapo rege appellata, Paul. ex Fest. p. 125 Müll.; cf. Plin. 3, 11, 16, § 99.—Hence, Messāpĭus (Mesāp-), a, um, adj., of or belonging to Messapia, Messapian, Apulian, Calabrian: arva, Ov. M. 14, 513.—In plur., as subst.: Messāpii (Mesāp-), ōrum, m., the Messapians, Liv. 8, 24.
