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ἀσέλγεια

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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
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Transliteration A: asélgeia Transliteration B: aselgeia Transliteration C: aselgeia Beta Code: a)se/lgeia

English (LSJ)

ἡ,

   A licentiousness, wanton violence, Pl.R.424e, Is.3.13, etc., οἷ προελήλυθ' ἀσελγείας ἅνθρωπος D.4.9: joined with ὕβρις, Id.21.1; insolence, opp. κολακεία, Phld.Lib.p.42 O.; τῶν δημαγωγῶν Arist.Pol.1304b22: Astrol., epith. of certain ζῴδια, Vett. Val.335.34.    II licentiousness, περὶ τὰς σωματικὰς ἐπιθυμίας Plb.36.15.4, etc.