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Βουλόμεθα πλουτεῖν πάντες, ἀλλ' οὐ δυνάμεθα → Ditescere omnes volumus, at non possumus → Wir wollen alle reich sein, doch wir können's nicht

Menander, Monostichoi, 64

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

lingo: nxi (Prisc. 881), nctum, 3, v. a. Sanscr. lih, rih, to lick; Gr. λιχ-, λείχω, λιχανός; cf. ligurio,
I to lick, lick up: mel mihi videor lingere, Plaut. Cas. 2, 8, 21: crepidas carbatinas, Cat. 98, 5: sulphur linctum, Plin. 35, 15, 50, § 177 (al. linctu): sal pecoribus datur lingendus, id. 31, 9, 45, § 105: canes linguebant ulcera ejus, Vulg. Luc. 16, 21: sanguinem Naboth, id. 3 Reg. 21, 19.—In mal. part., like the Gr. λειχάζειν, Mart. 12, 55, 13; 7, 67, 17.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

lingō,¹⁴ xī, ctum, gĕre (λείχω), lécher, sucer : Pl. Cas. 458 ; Catul. 98, 5 ; Vulg. Luc. 16, 21 ; Plin. 35, 177.