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κάλλιστον ἐφόδιον τῷ γήρᾳ ἡ παιδεία (Aristotle, quoted by Diogenes Laertius 5.21) → the finest provision for old age is education

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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

extento: āre, v. freq. a. id.,
I to stretch out, extend (ante- and post-class.).
I Lit.: nervos, Lucr. 3, 490: humeros angustos, Amm. 22, 14.—
II Trop.: vires alieno ostio, i. e. to exert, try, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 2, 3: quid tu venisti huc te extentatum? id. Most. 3, 1, 66, v. Ritschl ad h. l.