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Μοχθεῖν ἀνάγκη τοὺς θέλοντας εὐτυχεῖν → Laboret is, beatam qui vitam cupit → Sich abarbeiten muss, wer glücklich leben will

Menander, Monostichoi, 338

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

tympănŏtrĭba: ae, m., = τυμπανοτρίβης>,
I a taborer, a timbrel-player, a term of reproach for a soft, effeminate person (alluding to the priests of Cybele), Plaut. Truc. 2, 7, 49; cf. tympanum.