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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

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

castor: ŏris, m., = κάστωρ,
I the castor, beaver; pure Lat. fiber: Castor fiber, Linn.; Plin. 32, 3, 13, § 26; cf. id. 8, 30, 47, § 109; Cic. ap. Isid. Orig. 12, 2, 21; Ov. Nux. 166; acc. castorem, App. M. 1, p. 106, 10: castora, Juv. 12, 34.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

(1) castor,¹⁶ ŏris, m. (κάστωρ), castor : Plin. 32, 26 ; Juv. 12, 34.