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Οὔτοι συνέχθειν, ἀλλὰ συμφιλεῖν ἔφυν → I was not born to hate, but to love.

Sophocles, Antigone, 523

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

per-subtīlis: e, adj.
I Lit., very fine or delicate, very subtle: animus persubtilis atque minutis Perquam corporibus factus, Lucr. 3, 179.—
II Trop., very ingenious: oratio, Cic. Planc. 24, 58.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

persubtīlis,¹⁵ e, très subtil : Lucr. 3, 179 || très ingénieux : Cic. Planc. 58.

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