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τῶν δ᾽ ὀρθουμένων σῴζει τὰ πολλὰ σώμαθ᾽ ἡ πειθαρχία → But of those who make it through, following orders is what saves most of their lives (Sophocles, Antigone 675f.)

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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

dī-lăpĭdo: āre, v. a., lit., to scatter like stones; hence,
I to throw away, squander, to consume (very rare): nostras triginta minas, Ter. Ph. 5, 7, 4; cf. facultates, Firm. Math. 6, 10: grandine hominumque boumque labores, to destroy, Col. 10, 330.