frugilegus

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κρείσσων ἐναρχόμενος βοηθῶν καρδίᾳ τοῦ ἐπαγγελλομένου καὶ εἰς ἐλπίδα ἄγοντος· δένδρον γὰρ ζωῆς ἐπιθυμία ἀγαθή (Proverbs 13.12 LXX) → One who sincerely sets about helping is better than one who makes promises leading to hope; for a kindly urge is a tree of life.

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

frūgĭlĕgus: a, um, adj. frux+lego,
I fruit-gathering, a poet. epithet of the ant: formicae, Ov. M. 7, 624.

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