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Φιλοκαλοῦμέν τε γὰρ μετ' εὐτελείας καὶ φιλοσοφοῦμεν ἄνευ μαλακίας → Our love of what is beautiful does not lead to extravagance; our love of the things of the mind does not makes us soft.

Τhucydides, 2.40.1

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

fissūra: ae, f. findo;
I a cleft, chink, fissure (post-Aug.): quorum in digitos pedum fissura divisa est, Plin. 10, 63, 83, § 176: vitis, Col. 4, 29, 4.—In <number opt="n">plur.</number>, Plin. 33, 6, 33, § 101: efficax asini sevum labrorum fissuris, chapped lips, id. 28, 12, 50, § 188.