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Σοφὴ σοφῶν γὰρ γίγνεται συμβουλία → Denn nur von weisen Männern stammt der weise Rat

Menander, Monostichoi, 483

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

hydrĭa: ae, f., = ὑδρία> (a water-pot; hence, in gen.),
I a jug, ewer, urn: argenteae, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 19, § 47: in hydriam sortes conicere, id. ib. 2, 2, 51, § 127: farris, Sulp. Sever. Hist. Sacr. 1, 43. Of the cinerary urns in tombs, Inscr. Orell. 4546 sq.—
II Hydria, a comedy of Menander, Quint. 11, 3, 91.