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Γάμος γὰρ ἀνθρώποισιν εὐκταῖον κακόν → Conubium homini inire votivum est malum → Die Ehe ist den Menschen ein erflehtes Leid

Menander, Monostichoi, 102

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

Constantīnŏpŏlis: is, f., = Κωνσταντίνου πολις,
I the city Constantinople, previously called Byzantium; Turkish Stamboul, Amm. 22, 8, 8; 31, 16, 4; Eutr. 6, 6; Aur. Vict. Epit. 35; Aus. Urb. 2; id. Parent. 3, 11 al.—Hence, Constantīnŏpŏlītā-nus, a, um, adj., of Constantinople: urbs, i. e. Constantinople, Cod. Just. 1, 2, 6: cives, Cod. Th. 11, 16, 6.