Macrinus

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ῥεῖα δ' ἀρίζηλον μινύθει καὶ ἄδηλον ἀέξει, ῥεῖα δέ τ' ἰθύνει σκολιὸν καὶ ἀγήνορα κάρφει → easily he humbles the proud and raises the obscure, and easily he straightens the crooked and blasts the proud (Hesiod, Works and Days 6-8)

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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

Mā̆crīnus: i, m.,
I the name of a man.
I A friend of the poet Persius, Pers. 2, 1.—
II A Roman emperor, Aus. Caes. 23.