Olbiopolis

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Ubi idem et maximus et honestissimus amor est, aliquando praestat morte jungi, quam vita distrahi → Where indeed the greatest and most honourable love exists, it is much better to be joined by death, than separated by life.

Valerius Maximus, De Factis Dictisque

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

Olbĭŏpŏlis: is, f.,
I a city in Sarmatia, Plin. 4, 12, 26, § 82.—Hence. Olbĭŏpŏlī-ta, ae, adj., of or belonging to Olbiopolis or Olbia, in Sarmatia; only plur. subst., the inhabitants of that place, Capitol. Anton. 9.