proxeneta

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οἷς τὰ ὁρώμενα τὴν ἀρχὴν ἐνδίδωσι, καὶ οἷον ὑπήνεμα διὰ τῶν ὀφθαλμῶν τὰ πάθη ταῖς ψυχαῖς εἰστοξεύονται → who taketh his beginning and occasion from something which is seen, and then his passion, as though wind borne, shoots through the eyes and into the heart

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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

proxĕnēta: ae, m., = προξενητής>,
I a negotiator, factor, broker, agent, Sen. Ep. 119; Mart. 10, 3, 4; Dig. 50, 14, 2.