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Ῥίζα γὰρ πάντων τῶν κακῶν ἐστιν ἡ φιλαργυρίαRoot of all the evils is the love of money (Radix omnium malorum est cupiditas)

The Bible, 1 Timothy, 6:10

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

Vĕlīnus lăcus: or simply Vĕlī-nus,
I a lake in the Sabine territories, between Reate and Interamnum, Plin. 3, 12, 17, § 108; Verg. A. 7, 517: Rosea rura Velini, id. ib. 7, 712.—It gave its name to Vĕlīna trĭbus, the people who dwelt around this lake, Cic. Att. 4, 15, 9; Liv. Epit. 19 fin.; called also Velina, Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 52; Pers. 5, 73.
Vĕlīnus: a, um, v. Velia, III. 2.