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Φιλοκαλοῦμέν τε γὰρ μετ' εὐτελείας καὶ φιλοσοφοῦμεν ἄνευ μαλακίας → Our love of what is beautiful does not lead to extravagance; our love of the things of the mind does not makes us soft.

Τhucydides, 2.40.1

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

nervōsĭtas: ātis, f. nervosus,
I strength, thickness; of a thread, Plin. 19, 1, 2, § 9; of the body, Cael. Aur. Acut. 3, 18; id. Tard. 1, 4, 73; 5, 1, 21.