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Ἰὸς πέφυκεν ἀσπίδος κακὴ γυνή → Ipsum venenum aspidis mulier mala → Das reinste Natterngift ist eine schlechte Frau

Menander, Monostichoi, 261

English (Slater)

στρωμνά
   a couch αὐτὰ ποσσὶν ἄπεπλος ὀρούσαισ' ἀπὸ στρωμνᾶς (N. 1.50) met., στρωμνὰ δὲ χαράσσοισ' ἅπαν νῶτον ποτικεκλιμένον κεντεῖ i. e. the weight of Etna pressing upon Typhon (P. 1.28)
   b coverlet “ἄφθιτον στρωμνὰν ἀγέσθω, κῶας αἰγλᾶεν” (P. 4.230)