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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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|gf=<b>culmĕn</b>,¹¹ ĭnis, n. ([[cello]]),<br /><b>1</b> faîte, sommet : culmina Alpium Cæs. G. 3, 2, 5, les hauteurs des [[Alpes]] ; [voûte du ciel] Cic. Arat. 34, 27 ; [[culmen]] ædis Liv. 27, 4, 11, le faîte d’un temple || [poét.] édifice, temple : Val. Flacc. 5, 446<br /><b>2</b> [fig.] apogée, le [[plus]] [[haut]] point : [[summum]] [[culmen]] fortunæ Liv. 45, 9, 7, le [[plus]] [[haut]] degré de fortune<br /><b>3</b> [poét.] = [[culmus]], paille [de fève] : Ov. F. 4, 734.
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Revision as of 06:37, 14 August 2017

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

culmen: ĭnis, contr. form of columen, q. v.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

culmĕn,¹¹ ĭnis, n. (cello),
1 faîte, sommet : culmina Alpium Cæs. G. 3, 2, 5, les hauteurs des Alpes ; [voûte du ciel] Cic. Arat. 34, 27 ; culmen ædis Liv. 27, 4, 11, le faîte d’un temple