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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.

Valerius Maximus, De Factis Dictisque

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lime for cement: P. and V. πηλός, ὁ.

bird lime: V. ἰξός, ὁ (Euripides, Cyclops 433).

lime tree: P. φιλύρα, ἡ (Herodotus).

of the lime tree, adj.: Ar. φιλύρινος.