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σοφόν γάρ ἕν βούλευμα τάς πολλάς χεῖρας νικᾶ, σὺν ὄχλῳ δ' ἀμαθία μεῖζον κακόbetter than many hands is one wise thought, a multitude of fools makes folly worse

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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

prĕhensĭo: or prensĭo, ōnis, f. prehendo,
I a seizing, apprenending.—Lit. (ante-class.): tribuni plebis prensionem habent, the right of arresting any one, Atei. Cap. ap. Gell. 13, 12, 4: in magistratu habent alii vocationem, alii prensionem, Varr. ib. (in Caes. B. C. 2, 9, 6, the true reading is pressionibus).

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

prĕhēnsĭō (prēnsiō), ōnis, f., action d’appréhender au corps : prensionem habere Varr. d. Gell. 13, 12, 4, avoir le droit d’arrêter.