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Οὐ γὰρ ἀργίας ὤνιονὑγίεια καὶ ἀπραξίας, ἅ γε δὴ μέγιστα κακῶν ταῖς νόσοις πρόσεστι, καὶ οὐδὲν διαφέρει τοῦ τὰ ὄμματα τῷ μὴ διαβλέπειν καὶ τὴν φωνὴν τῷ μὴ φθέγγεσθαι φυλάττοντος ὁ τὴν ὑγίειαν ἀχρηστίᾳ καὶ ἡσυχίᾳ σῴζειν οἰόμενος → For health is not to be purchased by idleness and inactivity, which are the greatest evils attendant on sickness, and the man who thinks to conserve his health by uselessness and ease does not differ from him who guards his eyes by not seeing, and his voice by not speaking

Plutarch, Advice about Keeping Well, section 24

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

nŏtābĭlis: e, adj. nota,
I noteworthy, distinguished, remarkable, extraordinary, memorable, notable (not freq. till the Aug. per.; in Cic. perh. only once; in Cæs. not at all).
I Prop.: exitus, * Cic. Fam. 5, 12, 5: rara et notabilis res, Plin. Ep. 7, 6, 1: id est notabilius, Quint. 8, 3, 22: illud notabile ex diversis, id. 8, 5, 5: notabilis introitus, Tac. Agr. 40: cunctis, Juv. 6, 374: magna ista et notabilis eloquentia, Tac. Or. 40.—
   B Esp., in a bad sense, infamous, notorious: turpitudine notabiles, Dig. 3, 1, 5: si quid in pejus notabile est, Quint. 1, 3, 1: quae imperitis quoque ad reprehensionem notabilia videntur, id. 9, 4, 33: eo notabilior caedes fuit, quia filius patrem interfecit, Tac. H. 3, 25.—
II Transf., dis cernible, perceptible: aspice nobilissimarum civitatum fundamenta vix notabilia, Sen. Ira, 1, 2, 3.—
   B Pointed at, marked, indicated: digitis hominum nutibusque notabilis, App. M. 11, p. 784 Oud.—Hence, adv.: nŏtābĭlĭter, remarkably, notably; perceptibly: quaedam frequentius et notabiliter usurpavit, Suet. Aug. 87: expalluit notabiliter, Plin. Ep. 1, 5, 13: gaudium eminuit, id. ib. 5, 17, 5.—Comp.: notabilius turbare, Tac. H. 1, 55: aliquem odisse, Quint. Decl. 17.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

nŏtābĭlis,¹⁰ e (noto), notable, remarquable [en parl. de choses] : Cic. Fam. 5, 12, 5 ; Quint. 8, 3, 22 ; Plin. Min. Ep. 7, 6, 1 ; -bilior Tac. H. 3, 25 || qu’on peut distinguer : nobilissimarum civitatum fundamenta vix notabilia Sen. Ira 1, 2, 2, les fondements à peine reconnaissables des plus illustres cités || désigné, montré [pers.] : Apul. M. 11, 16 || signalé [en mauv. part.] : Quint. 1, 3, 1 ; 9, 4, 33.