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Καλῶς ἀκούειν μᾶλλον ἢ πλουτεῖν θέλε → Opulentiae antepone rumorem bonum → Erstrebe anstatt Reichtum lieber guten Ruf

Menander, Monostichoi, 285

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

ămĭantus: i, m., = ἀμίαντος (unspotted, pure),
I the amianth, a stone which may be separated into threads and spun, and is inconsumable by fire; asbestos, earth-flax, Plin. 36, 19, 31, § 139.