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L'amor che move il sole e l'altre stelleLove that moves the sun and the other stars

Dante Alighieri, Paradiso, XXXIII, v. 145

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

parcĭtas: ātis, f. parcus,
I sparingness, parsimony (post-Aug.): animadversionum, Sen. Clem. 7, 22: moderatio, parcitas, sobrietas, Macr. Somn. Scip. 1, 8: ciborum, Cael. Aur. Tard. 3, 8, 118; Pall. 1, 26, 1.—
   2    Mercy, moderation: sine ullā parcitate verberare aliquem, Cassiod. 3, Hist. Eccl. 2; id. ib. 6, 12.