ξένῳ δὲ σιγᾶν κρεῖττον ἢ κεκραγέναι → it's better for a stranger to keep silence than to shout (Menander)
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P. and V. θωπεία, ἡ, P. κολακεία, ἡ, V. θωπεύματα, τά, ἀσπάσματα, τά.