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Στέργει γὰρ οὐδεὶς ἄγγελον κακῶν ἐπῶν → No one loves the bearer of bad news

Sophocles, Antigone, 277

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

līmitānĕus: a, um, adj. limes,
I that is on the borders (late Lat.): agri limitanei, situated on the borders: milites, frontier troops, Cod. 11, 59, 3; Spart. Nigr. 7; Lampr. Alex. Sev. 58.