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Lotophagi

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Γάμει δὲ μὴ τὴν προῖκα, τὴν γυναῖκα δέ → Uxorem cape, non dotem, in matrimonium → Nimm bei der Heirat nicht die Mitgift, nimm die Frau

Menander, Monostichoi, 98

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

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Λωτοφάγοι, ὁ.

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

Lōtŏphăgi: ōrum Gr. gen. Lotophagōn, Plin. 5, 4, 4, § 20, m., = Λωτοφάγοι (lotus-eaters),
I an African people on the Lesser Syrtis, to whom fable ascribes great hospitality, Mel. 1, 7, 5; Ov. R. Am. 789; Verg. Cul. 124; Sil. 3, 310; Amm. 14, 6, 21.