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Ποιητὴς, ὁπόταν ἐν τῷ τρίποδι τῆς Μούσης καθίζηται, τότε οὐκ ἔμφρων ἐστίν → Whenever a poet is seated on the Muses' tripod, he is not in his senses

Plato, Laws, 719c

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

ăd-ŏrĭo: īre, v. a., the act. form of adorior,
I to attack, to assail: tunc ipsos adoriant, Naev. ap. Prisc. p. 801 P. (Trag. Rel. p. 8 Rib.).—Hence also pass. adortus, Aur. Fragm. Naev. ap. Prisc. p. 791 P.; and, acc. to some, Flor. 2, 6, 46, where Halm reads adoratam.