Ubi idem et maximus et honestissimus amor est, aliquando praestat morte jungi, quam vita distrahi → Where indeed the greatest and most honourable love exists, it is much better to be joined by death, than separated by life.
lăcertus: i,
I a lizard; a sea-fish; v. lacerta.
(1) lăcertus,⁹ ī, m., surtout au pl. lăcertī, les muscles : Quint. 8, pr. 19 ; [fig.] Cic. Br. 64