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Μιμοῦ τὰ σεμνά, μὴ κακῶν μιμοῦ τρόπους → Graves imitatormores, ne imitator malos → Das Edle nimm zum Vorbild, nicht der Schlechten Art

Menander, Monostichoi, 336

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

fētĭdus: (faet-, foet-), a, um, adj. feteo.
I Prop., that has an ill smell, stinking, fetid: anima fetida, Plaut. Merc. 3, 3, 13; cf.: cum isto ore fetido teterrimam nobis popinam inhalasses, Cic. Pis. 6, 13: corpus, Suet. Ner. 51: pisces, Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 33.—Comp.: dejectiones, Cels. 3, 2.—
II Fig., foul, disgusting: libido, Prud. στεφ. 2, 245.—Of heresy (sup.): fetidissimus fons, Cassiod. Hist. Eccl. 7, 11 fin.>