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Τοῦ ὅλου οὖν τῇ ἐπιθυμίᾳ καὶ διώξει ἔρως ὄνομα → Love is the name for our pursuit of wholeness, for our desire to be complete

Plato, Symposium, 192e10

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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

Hērōdes: is, m., = Ἡρώδης.
I A king of Judea, Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 184; Macr. S. 2, 4: Herodis dies, the Sabbath, Pers. 5, 180. —Hence, adj.: Hērōdĭānus, a, um, of Herod.—Only as subst. plur.: Hērōdĭā-ni, ōrum, m., the followers of Herod, Herodians, Vulg. Marc. 3, 6 al.—
II Surnamed Atticus, a celebrated Greek sophist under the Antonines, Gell. 1, 2; 9, 2; 19, 12.—
III A freedman of Atticus, Cic. Att. 6, 1, 25.