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Ἔοικα γοῦν τούτου γε σμικρῷ τινι αὐτῷ τούτῳ σοφώτερος εἶναι, ὅτι ἃ μὴ οἶδα οὐδὲ οἴομαι εἰδέναι → I seem, then, in just this little thing to be wiser than this man at any rate, that what I do not know I do not think I know either

Plato, Apology 21d

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

vārĭco: āvi, ātum, 1, v. n. 1. varicus,
I to spread the legs apart, to straddle: varicare supra modum et in stando deforme est et accedente motu prope obscenum, Quint. 11, 3, 125: vallum, quod eā varicare nemo potest, i. e. can stride over it, Varr. L. L. 5, § 117 Müll.—With a homogeneous object: superbus quin etiam varicatis gressibus patet, i. e. striding, strutting, swaggering, Cassiod. Var. 6, 6.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

vārĭcō, āvī, ātum, āre (varicus), intr., écarter beaucoup les jambes : Quint. 11, 3, 125 || enjamber : Varro L. 5, 117 || gressus varicati Cassiod. Var. 6, 6 [complément d’objet intérieur], pas allongés.