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Οὐ γὰρ ἀργίας ὤνιονὑγίεια καὶ ἀπραξίας, ἅ γε δὴ μέγιστα κακῶν ταῖς νόσοις πρόσεστι, καὶ οὐδὲν διαφέρει τοῦ τὰ ὄμματα τῷ μὴ διαβλέπειν καὶ τὴν φωνὴν τῷ μὴ φθέγγεσθαι φυλάττοντος ὁ τὴν ὑγίειαν ἀχρηστίᾳ καὶ ἡσυχίᾳ σῴζειν οἰόμενος → For health is not to be purchased by idleness and inactivity, which are the greatest evils attendant on sickness, and the man who thinks to conserve his health by uselessness and ease does not differ from him who guards his eyes by not seeing, and his voice by not speaking

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|georg=āmūlētum, ī, n. (v. amoliri [[als]] Abwendung [[des]] Unheils, vgl. [[amolimentum]]), das [[Amulett]], der [[Talisman]] (griech. [[φυλακτήριον]], s. [[Charis]]. 105, 9. Gloss. II, 16, 39), [[ein]] sympathetisches [[Schutzmittel]] [[gegen]] [[Krankheit]] u. [[Zauberei]], gew. [[als]] Anhängsel am [[Hals]] getragen ( [[περίαμμα]]), Plin. 28, 38; 29, 66; 30, 138.
|georg=āmūlētum, ī, n. (v. amoliri [[als]] Abwendung [[des]] Unheils, vgl. [[amolimentum]]), das [[Amulett]], der [[Talisman]] (griech. [[φυλακτήριον]], s. [[Charis]]. 105, 9. Gloss. II, 16, 39), [[ein]] sympathetisches [[Schutzmittel]] [[gegen]] [[Krankheit]] u. [[Zauberei]], gew. [[als]] Anhängsel am [[Hals]] getragen ( [[περίαμμα]]), Plin. 28, 38; 29, 66; 30, 138.
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|lnetxt=amuletum amuleti N N :: amulet/charm (to avert evil); act which averts evil; power to avert evil
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Revision as of 20:50, 27 February 2019

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

ămŭlētum: i, n. (Arab. hamalet),
I a sympathetic preservative against sickness, etc., φυλακτήριον, an amulet (usu. hung around the neck): veneficiorum amuleta, Plin. 29, 4, 19, § 66; so id. 30, 15, 47, § 138 al.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

amŭlētum, ī, n., amulette, préservatif : Plin. 28, 38.

Latin > German (Georges)

āmūlētum, ī, n. (v. amoliri als Abwendung des Unheils, vgl. amolimentum), das Amulett, der Talisman (griech. φυλακτήριον, s. Charis. 105, 9. Gloss. II, 16, 39), ein sympathetisches Schutzmittel gegen Krankheit u. Zauberei, gew. als Anhängsel am Hals getragen ( περίαμμα), Plin. 28, 38; 29, 66; 30, 138.

Latin > English

amuletum amuleti N N :: amulet/charm (to avert evil); act which averts evil; power to avert evil