interluco

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ποιητὴς, ὁπόταν ἐν τῷ τρίποδι τῆς Μούσης καθίζηται, τότε οὐκ ἔμφρων ἐστίν → whenever a poet is seated on the Muses' tripod, he is not in his senses

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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

inter-lūco: āre, v. a. lux,
I to let the light through a tree by clearing it of its useless branches; to lop or thin a tree (Plinian): interlucata densitate ramorum, Plin. 17, 23, 35, § 214: arbores, id. 17, 12, 19, § 94.