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Μὴ φῦναι τὸν ἅπαντα νικᾷ λόγον → Not to be born is, past all prizing, best.
părastăta: ae, f., = παραστάτης>,I a square pillar or column, a pilaster, Cato ap. Isid. Orig. 19, 2, 11: columnae habentes post se parastatas, etc., Vitr. 5, 1 (al. parastaticae).