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Ἀλλ’ ἐσθ’ ὁ θάνατος λοῖσθος ἰατρός κακῶν → But death is the ultimate healer of ills

Sophocles, Fragment 698

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

exsŭpĕrantĭa: (exup-), ae, f. exsupero,
I pre-eminence, superiority (rare but class.): an hoc non ita fit omni in populo? nonne omnem exsuperantiam virtutis oderunt? * Cic. Tusc. 5, 36, 105: ingens Scipionis (with fiducia), Gell. 4, 18, 2: splendoris vel altitudinis, id. 14, 1, 12.