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Νέµουσι δ' οἴκους καὶ τὰ ναυστολούµενα ἔσω δόµων σῴζουσιν, οὐδ' ἐρηµίᾳ γυναικὸς οἶκος εὐπινὴς οὐδ' ὄλβιος → They manage households, and save what is brought by sea within the home, and no house deprived of a woman can be tidy and prosperous

Euripides, Melanippe Captiva, Fragment 6.11

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

vĭrĭdĭtas: ātis, f. viridis,
I green color, greenness, verdure, viridity.
I Lit.: herbescens viriditas, Cic. Sen. 15, 51: pratorum, id. ib. 16, 57: maris, Plin. 37, 5, 20, § 76.—
II Transf., freshness, briskness, vigor: senectus aufert eam viriditatem, in quā etiam nunc erat Scipio, Cic. Lael. 3, 11: vigere et habere quandam viriditatem, id. Tusc. 3, 31, 75: laurea illa amittit longo intervallo viriditatem, id. Prov. Cons. 12, 29.