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Καλὸν τὸ νικᾶν ἀλλ' ὑπερνικᾶν κακόν → Vincere bonum est: ultra fas vincere lubricum → Schön ist zu siegen, übermäßig siegen schlecht

Menander, Monostichoi, 299

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

dēcoctus: a, um, Part., from decoquo.
dēcoctus: ūs, m. decoquo,
I a boiling down, seething: gemmae mellis decoctu nitescunt, Plin. 37, 12, 74, § 195.