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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

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

πτερνιστήρ: ῆρος, ὁ, τὸ σιδήριον τὸ προσαρμοζόμενον εἰς τὴν πτέρναν τῶν ὑποδημάτων, κυρίως τῶν ἱππέων ὅπως δι’ αὐτῶν κεντῶσι τοὺς ἵππους, Λέοντ. Τακτ. 6, 4,