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Ubi idem et maximus et honestissimus amor est, aliquando praestat morte jungi, quam vita distrahi → Where indeed the greatest and most honourable love exists, it is much better to be joined by death, than separated by life.
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
substantive
Ar. and P. σωρός, ὁ (Xen.), Ar. and V. θωμός, ὁ, V. θίς, ὁ or ἡ.
quantity: P. and V. πλῆθος, τό.
in a heap: use adj., P. and V. ἁθρόος.
it is kept in this house among a heap of arms: V. σκύλων ἐν ὄχλῳ ταῖσδε σώζεται στέγαις (Eur., Hecuba 1014).
verb transitive
collect: P. and V. συλλέγειν, συμφέρειν; see collect.
heap on: P. and V. ἐπιτιθέναι (τί, τινι), ἐπιβάλλειν (τί, τινι).
heap up: P. ἐπιπαρανεῖν, Ar. ἐπινεῖν.
axles were heaped up on axles and dead on dead: V. ἄξονες τ' ἐπ' ἄξοσι νεκροί τε νεκροῖς ἐξεσωρεύονθ' ὁμοῦ (Eur., Phoenissae 1194).
others heap up a pyre: V. οἱ δὲ πληροῦσιν πυράν(Eur., Hecuba 574).
