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Ubi idem et maximus et honestissimus amor est, aliquando praestat morte jungi, quam vita distrahi → Where indeed the greatest and most honourable love exists, it is much better to be joined by death, than separated by life.

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|Definition=<span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">smooth over</b>, Plu.2.74d; <b class="b3">τὰ ἄκρα τῶν βλεφάρων</b>, of light sleep, <span class="bibl">Hld.2.16</span>: metaph., <b class="b3">ἐπιλεήνας τὴν Ξέρξεω γνώμην</b>, i.e. <b class="b2">making</b> it <b class="b2">plausible</b>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.7.10</span>; τὸ φαῦλον καὶ ἀγεννὲς τῶν διηγημάτων <span class="bibl">Jul.<span class="title">Or.</span>3.111d</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span>. <b class="b2">chew</b>, τροφήν <span class="bibl">Ph.1.63</span>, al.: metaph., <b class="b3">λόγον</b> ib. <span class="bibl">180</span>.</span>
|Definition=<span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">smooth over</b>, Plu.2.74d; <b class="b3">τὰ ἄκρα τῶν βλεφάρων</b>, of light sleep, <span class="bibl">Hld.2.16</span>: metaph., <b class="b3">ἐπιλεήνας τὴν Ξέρξεω γνώμην</b>, i.e. <b class="b2">making</b> it <b class="b2">plausible</b>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.7.10</span>; τὸ φαῦλον καὶ ἀγεννὲς τῶν διηγημάτων <span class="bibl">Jul.<span class="title">Or.</span>3.111d</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span>. <b class="b2">chew</b>, τροφήν <span class="bibl">Ph.1.63</span>, al.: metaph., <b class="b3">λόγον</b> ib. <span class="bibl">180</span>.</span>
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Transliteration A: epileaínō Transliteration B: epileainō Transliteration C: epileaino Beta Code: e)pileai/nw

English (LSJ)

   A smooth over, Plu.2.74d; τὰ ἄκρα τῶν βλεφάρων, of light sleep, Hld.2.16: metaph., ἐπιλεήνας τὴν Ξέρξεω γνώμην, i.e. making it plausible, Hdt.7.10; τὸ φαῦλον καὶ ἀγεννὲς τῶν διηγημάτων Jul.Or.3.111d.    II. chew, τροφήν Ph.1.63, al.: metaph., λόγον ib. 180.

German (Pape)

[Seite 957] überglätten, ὥςπερ οἱ λιθοξόοι τὰ πληγέντα καὶ περικοπέντα ἀγάλματα ἐπιλεαίνοντες καὶ γανοῦντες Plut. discr. am. et adul. E. – Uebertr., τὴν γνώμην, die Meinung überglätten u. annehmlicher machen, Her. 7, 9, vgl. 8, 142; mildern, besänftigen, Plut. öfter., Luc. Nav. 6.