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Μὴ φῦναι τὸν ἅπαντα νικᾷ λόγον → Not to be born is, past all prizing, best.
tardesco: ĕre,I v. inch. n., to become slow: tardescit lingua, grows sluggish, hesitates, stammers, Lucr. 3, 479; Tib. 1, 4, 27.
tardēscō,¹⁶ dŭī, ĕre (tardus), intr., devenir lent, s’engourdir : Lucr. 3, 477 ; Tib. 1, 4, 27.