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.
ĕpĭcus: a, um, adj., = ἐπικός>,
I epic: poëta (Ennius), Cic. Opt. Gen. 1, 2: poëma, id. ib. 1, 1; cf. carmen, Quint. 10, 1, 62; Fulg. Myth. 1, 2.—Plur. as subst.: Ĕpĭci, ōrum, m., the epic poets, Quint. 10, 1, 51.