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Φιλοσοφίαν δὲ τὴν μὲν κατὰ φύσιν, ὦ Βασιλεῦ, ἐπαίνει καὶ ἀσπάζου, τὴν δέ θεοκλυτεῖν φάσκουσαν παραίτου. → Praise and revere, O King, the philosophy that accords with nature, and avoid that which pretends to invoke the gods. (Philostratus, Ap. 5.37)
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|lshtext=<b>pestĭlentĭa</b>: ae, f. [[pestilens]],<br /><b>I</b> an [[infectious]] or [[contagious]] [[disease]], a [[plague]], [[pest]], [[pestilence]].<br /><b>I</b> Lit. ([[class]].): Massilienses gravi pestilentiā conflictati, Caes. B. C. 2, 22; Cic. Off. 2, 5, 16: [[pestilentia]] [[gravis]] incidit in urbem, Liv. 27, 23: pestilentiae contagia prohibere, Plin. 23, 8, 80, § 157; Cels. 1, 10; 2, 1; 3, 7 init.—<br /> <b>B</b> Transf., an [[unwholesome]] [[atmosphere]], [[weather]], or [[region]] ([[class]].): agrorum [[genus]] [[propter]] pestilentiam vastum [[atque]] [[desertum]], Cic. Agr. 2, 26, 70: pestilentiae signa (opp. signa salubritatis), id. Div. 1, 5, 7: pestilentiae possessores, id. Agr. 1, 5, 15.—<br /><b>II</b> Trop., a [[plague]], [[pest]], [[pestilence]] ([[poet]]. and in postclass. [[prose]]): [[oratio]] plena veneni et pestilentiae, Cat. 44, 11: [[cathedra]] pestilentiae, the [[seat]] of the [[scornful]], Vulg. Psa. 1, 1.— In | |lshtext=<b>pestĭlentĭa</b>: ae, f. [[pestilens]],<br /><b>I</b> an [[infectious]] or [[contagious]] [[disease]], a [[plague]], [[pest]], [[pestilence]].<br /><b>I</b> Lit. ([[class]].): Massilienses gravi pestilentiā conflictati, Caes. B. C. 2, 22; Cic. Off. 2, 5, 16: [[pestilentia]] [[gravis]] incidit in urbem, Liv. 27, 23: pestilentiae contagia prohibere, Plin. 23, 8, 80, § 157; Cels. 1, 10; 2, 1; 3, 7 init.—<br /> <b>B</b> Transf., an [[unwholesome]] [[atmosphere]], [[weather]], or [[region]] ([[class]].): agrorum [[genus]] [[propter]] pestilentiam vastum [[atque]] [[desertum]], Cic. Agr. 2, 26, 70: pestilentiae signa (opp. signa salubritatis), id. Div. 1, 5, 7: pestilentiae possessores, id. Agr. 1, 5, 15.—<br /><b>II</b> Trop., a [[plague]], [[pest]], [[pestilence]] ([[poet]]. and in postclass. [[prose]]): [[oratio]] plena veneni et pestilentiae, Cat. 44, 11: [[cathedra]] pestilentiae, the [[seat]] of the [[scornful]], Vulg. Psa. 1, 1.— In plur.: animorum [[labes]] et pestilentiae, Gell. 1, 2, 4. | ||
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pestĭlentĭa: ae, f. pestilens,
I an infectious or contagious disease, a plague, pest, pestilence.
I Lit. (class.): Massilienses gravi pestilentiā conflictati, Caes. B. C. 2, 22; Cic. Off. 2, 5, 16: pestilentia gravis incidit in urbem, Liv. 27, 23: pestilentiae contagia prohibere, Plin. 23, 8, 80, § 157; Cels. 1, 10; 2, 1; 3, 7 init.—
B Transf., an unwholesome atmosphere, weather, or region (class.): agrorum genus propter pestilentiam vastum atque desertum, Cic. Agr. 2, 26, 70: pestilentiae signa (opp. signa salubritatis), id. Div. 1, 5, 7: pestilentiae possessores, id. Agr. 1, 5, 15.—
II Trop., a plague, pest, pestilence (poet. and in postclass. prose): oratio plena veneni et pestilentiae, Cat. 44, 11: cathedra pestilentiae, the seat of the scornful, Vulg. Psa. 1, 1.— In plur.: animorum labes et pestilentiae, Gell. 1, 2, 4.
