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ὀψὲ θεῶν ἀλέουσι μύλοι, ἀλέουσι δὲ λεπτά → the millstones of the gods grind late, but they grind fine | the mills of God grind slowly, but they grind exceedingly small

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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

sēductĭo: ōnis, f. seduco.
I (Acc. to seduco, I.) *
   A A leading or drawing aside: seductiones testium, Cic. Mur. 24, 49.—
   B A misleading, seduction (eccl. Lat.): Adam confessus est seductionem, non occultavit seductricem, Tert. adv. Marc. 2, 2 fin.; Ambros. in Luc. 7, § 218: cordis, Vulg. Jer. 23, 26: iniquitatis, id. 2 Thess. 2, 10.—*
II (Acc. to seduco, II.) A separation: mors est corporis animaeque seductio, Lact. 2, 12, 9.