Byblus

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ἔργον δ' οὐδὲν ὄνειδος, ἀεργίη δέ τ' ὄνειδοςwork is no disgrace, but idleness is disgrace | work is no disgrace, but idleness is | work is no disgrace; it is idleness which is a disgrace | work is no disgrace; the disgrace is idleness | work is no disgrace, not working is a disgrace | work is no shame, it is idleness that is shame | there is no shame in work, shame is in idleness

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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

Byblus: (-ŏs), i, f., = Βύβλος,
I a very ancient town in Phœnicia celebrated for the worship of Adonis, now Dschebail, Mel. 1, 12, 3; Plin. 5, 20, 17, § 78; Curt. 4, 1, 15.