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Σαυτὸν φύλαττε τοῖς τροποῖς ἐλεύθερον → Te liberum ipse moribus praesta tuis → Bewahre deine Freiheit dir durch deine Art

Menander, Monostichoi, 485

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

prīvātīvus: a, um, adj. id.,
I denoting privation; in gram., privative, negative (post-class. for privans): ne particula privativa est, Gell. 13, 22; cf.: pars, quam Graeci κατὰ στέρησιν dicunt, id. 5, 12, 10. —Hence, adv.: prīvātīvē, negatively, Boëth. Analyt. Prior. 1, p. 483.