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σιγή ποτ' ἐστὶν αἱρετωτέρα λόγου → sometimes silence is preferable to words (Menander)

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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

līmātus: a, um, Part. and P. a., v. limo.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

līmātus,¹⁵ a, um, part. de limo || adjt, passé à la lime = poli, châtié : limatius ingenium Plin. Min. Ep. 1, 20, 21, esprit plus cultivé || [rhét.] qui supprime toute superfluité dans son style, simple, sobre : Cic. Br. 93 ; Or. 20 ; de Or. 1, 180.