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μηδενί δίκην δικάσῃς πρίν ἀμφοῖν μῦθον ἀκούσῃς → do not give your judgement on anything until you have heard a speech on both sides

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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

contignātĭo: ōnis, f. contigno, a joining together of beams; hence, concrete,
I a floor composed of joists and boards; a story, floor, Caes. B. C. 2, 9; 2, 15; Auct. B. Alex. 1; Vitr. 2, 9; Liv. 21, 62, 3; Pall. 1, 9, 2 al.