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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.

Valerius Maximus, De Factis Dictisque

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

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adj.

soft: Ar. and P. μαλακός, ἁπαλός, V. ἁβρός, τέρην, Ar. and V. μαλθακός.

fastidious<: Ar. and P. τρυφερός.

Be delicate, fastidious, v.: P. and V. τρυφᾶν, V. ἁβρύνεσθαι.

fine (of texture), adj.: P. and V. λεπτός.

weak: P. and V. ἀσθενής.

Be delicate, v.: P. and V. ἀσθενεῖν.

Causing scruples, adj.: P. and V. ἐνθύμιος.

pretty, elegant: P. and V. κομψός.

tactful: Ar. and P. ἐμμελής.

kind: P. and V. φιλάνθρωπος.

The matter is a delicate one: Ar. τὸ πρᾶγμα κομψόν (Thesm. 93).

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

dēlĭcāte: adv., v. the following,.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

dēlĭcātē¹³ (delicatus), délicatement, voluptueusement : Cic. Off. 1, 106 ; de Or. 3, 63