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Μή μοι γένοιθ', ἃ βούλομ', ἀλλ' ἃ συμφέρει → Ne sit mihi, quod cupio, sed quod expedit → nicht was ich will, geschehe mir, doch was mir nützt

Menander, Monostichoi, 366

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

per-făcētus: a, um, adj.,
I very witty, very facetious (class.).—Of persons, Cic Brut. 27, 105.—Of words: aliquid perfacetum dicere, Cic. Planc. 14, 35.—Adv.: per-făcētē, very wittily: perfacete dicta, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 46, § 121.