masturbor

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μή, φίλα ψυχά, βίον ἀθάνατον σπεῦδε, τὰν δ' ἔμπρακτον ἄντλει μαχανάν → Oh! my soul do not aspire to eternal life, but exhaust the limits of the possible. | Do not yearn, O my soul, for immortal life! Use to the utmost the skill that is yours. | Do not, my soul, strive for the life of the immortals, but exhaust the practical means at your disposal.

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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

masturbor: 1, v. dep. perhaps from manus-stupro,
I to defile one's self (postAug.), Mart. 11, 104, 13; 9, 42, 7; cf. in the act. form masturbat, δέφει, δέφεται, Vet. Gloss.