palilogia

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συνετῶν μὲν ἀνδρῶν, πρὶν γενέσθαι τὰ δυσχερῆ, προνοῆσαι ὅπως μὴ γένηται· ἀνδρείων δέ, γενόμενα εὖ θέσθαι → it is the part of prudent men, before difficulties arise, to provide against their arising; and of courageous men to deal with them when they have arisen

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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

pălĭlŏgĭa: ae, f., = παλιλογία,
I the emphatic repetition of a word or idea, Mart. Cap. 5, § 533, who cites from Cic. Cat. 1, 1, 3: nos, nos, dico aperte, nos consules desumus.