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Θυσία μεγίστη τῷ θεῷ τό γ' εὐσεβεῖν → Pietate maius nil offertur numini → Das größte Opfer für den Gott ist Frömmigkeit

Menander, Monostichoi, 246

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

pĕr-urbānus: a, um, adj.,
I very polite, pleasant, or witty.
I Lit.: L. Torquatus elegans in dicendo, toto genere perurbanus, Cic. Brut. 68, 239: C. Lucilius et doctus et perurbanus, id. de Or. 1, 16, 72.—
II Transf., with a bad accessory signif., over-fine, over-polite: cum rusticis potius quam cum his perurbanis, Cic. Att. 2, 15, 3. —Adv.: pĕrurbānē, very elegantly: respondere, Sid. Ep. 5, 17 fin.>