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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

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

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v. intrans.

Ar. and P. κυβεύειν. Having gambled away his property: P. κατακυβεύσας τὰ ὄντα (Lys. 142).