plausibilis

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ἢν μή τις ὥσπερ σφηκιὰν βλίττῃ με κἀρεθίζῃ → may no one squeeze me and tease me like a wasp | may no one smoke me and tease me like a wasp | but if anyone annoys me and rifles my nest, they'll find a wasp inside | still if you wake a wasps' nest then of wasps you must beware

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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

plausĭbĭlis: e, adj. plaudo,
I deserving applause, praiseworthy, acceptable, pleasing (class.): censorium nomen (with populare), Cic. Div. in Caecil. 3, 8: oratio, Sen. Ep. 5, 9: locus, Quint. 4, 3, 1.—Hence, adv.: plau-sĭbĭlĭter, with applause (post-class.): ingenium plausibilius manifestare, with more applause, Sid. Ep. 8, 10.