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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

Plato, Laws, 719c

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

occentus: ūs, m. occino,
I a singing, a cry (post-Aug.): soricum, Plin. 8, 57, 82, § 223: soricis, Val. Max. 1, 1, 5; Amm. 16, 8, 2.