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σκολιότης

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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: skoliótēs Transliteration B: skoliotēs Transliteration C: skoliotis Beta Code: skolio/ths

English (LSJ)

ητος, ἡ,

   A crookedness, σ. τῆς καμπῆς, of a Parthian bow, Plu.Crass.24: in pl., the windings of a stream, Str.10.2.19; of windings generally, Id.12.8.15.    II metaph., inequality, σκολιότητα ἔχειν to be unequally affected, Hp.Acut. (Sp.) 22.    2 of men, crookedness, dishonesty, LXX Ez.16.5.

German (Pape)

[Seite 902] ητος, ἡ, Krümmung, Biegung, Windung, Schiefe, καμπῆς, Plut. Crass. 24; übertr., Unredlichkeit, Tücke, LXX. u. a. Sp.