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Στέργει γὰρ οὐδεὶς ἄγγελον κακῶν ἐπῶν → No one loves the bearer of bad news

Sophocles, Antigone, 277

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

flāgĭtātĭo: ōnis, f. flagito,
I an earnest request or demand, importunity (rare but class.): nolui deesse ne tacitae quidem flagitationi tuae, * Cic. Top. 1, 5: uxorum flagitatione revocantur, Just. 2, 4.—In <number opt="n">plur.</number>: crebrae populi flagitationes, Tac. A. 13, 50.