detractus

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ταράσσει τοὺς ἀνθρώπους οὐ τὰ πράγματα, ἀλλὰ τὰ περὶ τῶν πραγμάτων δόγματα → what disturbs people is not what happens, but their view of what happens | it is not the things themselves that disturb men, but their judgements about these things

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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

dētractus: a, um, Part., from detraho.
dētractus: ūs, m. detraho,
I a taking away, rejection: syllabae (opp. adjectio), Sen. Suas. 7 fin.>