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Νέµουσι δ' οἴκους καὶ τὰ ναυστολούµενα ἔσω δόµων σῴζουσιν, οὐδ' ἐρηµίᾳ γυναικὸς οἶκος εὐπινὴς οὐδ' ὄλβιος → They manage households, and save what is brought by sea within the home, and no house deprived of a woman can be tidy and prosperous

Euripides, Melanippe Captiva, Fragment 6.11

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

sŭperjectĭo: ōnis, f. superiacio. *
I Lit., a throwing over or on: vestium, Arn. 3, 108.—
II Trop., in rhet., an exaggeration, hyperbole, Quint. 8, 6, 67.

Latin > German (Georges)

superiectio, ōnis, f. (superiacio), I) das Darüberwerfen, vestium, Arnob. 3, 14 extr. – II) bildl., die Übertreibung, Hyperbel, Quint. 8, 6, 67.