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Πάντα ταῦτα ἐπείρασα ἐν τῇ σοφίᾳ: εἶπα Σοφισθήσομαι, καὶ αὐτὴ ἐμακρύνθη ἀπ' ἐμοῦ· κτλ. (Εcclesiastes 7:23f., LXX version) → I tried to give proof in wisdom of all those things; I said, I will be wise, but that wisdom was far from me ...

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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

bĭmăris: e, adj. bis - mare,
I lying between two seas.
I Lit., an epithet of Corinth (poet.; a favorite word of Ovid): bimarisve Corinthi Moenia, * Hor. C. 1, 7, 2; Ov. M. 5, 407: Ephyre, id. H. 12, 27: Isthmos, id. M. 7, 405; 6, 419 sq.—
II Trop.: morbus, of one who practises unnatural unchastity, Aus. Epigr. 131.