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Ἔνιοι κακῶς φρονοῦσι πράττοντες καλῶς → Multi bonis in rebus haud sapiunt beneTrotz ihres Wohlergehens denken manche schlecht

Menander, Monostichoi, 163

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

părăsīta: ae, f. parasitus,
I a female parasite: ciniflones, parasitae, Hor. S. 1, 2, 98.—
II Transf.: imitatrix avis ac parasita, Plin. 10, 23, 33, § 68.