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Ὀίκοι μένειν δεῖ τὸν καλῶς εὐδαίμονα → The person who is well satisfied should stay at home.

Aeschylus, fr. 317

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

ămŭlētum: i, n. (Arab. hamalet),
I a sympathetic preservative against sickness, etc., φυλακτήριον, an amulet (usu. hung around the neck): veneficiorum amuleta, Plin. 29, 4, 19, § 66; so id. 30, 15, 47, § 138 al.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

amŭlētum, ī, n., amulette, préservatif : Plin. 28, 38.

Latin > German (Georges)

āmūlētum, ī, n. (v. amoliri als Abwendung des Unheils, vgl. amolimentum), das Amulett, der Talisman (griech. φυλακτήριον, s. Charis. 105, 9. Gloss. II, 16, 39), ein sympathetisches Schutzmittel gegen Krankheit u. Zauberei, gew. als Anhängsel am Hals getragen ( περίαμμα), Plin. 28, 38; 29, 66; 30, 138.

Latin > English

amuletum amuleti N N :: amulet/charm (to avert evil); act which averts evil; power to avert evil