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Οὔτοι συνέχθειν, ἀλλὰ συμφιλεῖν ἔφυν → I was not born to hate, but to love.

Sophocles, Antigone, 523

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

paucĭlŏquĭum: ĭi, n. paucus-lo quor,
I a speaking but little, Plaut. Merc. 1, 1, 31.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

paucĭlŏquĭum, ĭī, n. (paucus, loquor), sobriété de paroles, laconisme : Pl. Merc. 31.

Latin > German (Georges)

pauciloquium, iī, n. (paucus u. loquor), das wenige Reden (Ggstz. multiloquium), Plaut. merc. 31.