ecligma

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κρατίστην εἶναι δημοκρατίαν τὴν μήτε πλουσίους ἄγαν μήτε πένητας ἔχουσαν πολίτας → the best democracy is that in which the citizens are neither very rich nor very poor (Thales/Plutarch)

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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

eclīgma: ătis, n., = ἔκλειγμα>,
I a medicine to be taken by letting it melt in the mouth, an electuary, Plin. 21, 21, 89, § 154; 24, 7, 23, § 38; 26, 8, 35, § 110.—Hence, ecligmătĭum, ii, dim. n., Theod. Prisc. 2, 17.