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From LSJ

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.

Valerius Maximus, De Factis Dictisque

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substantive

Ar. and V. πορθμεύς, ὁ.

Translations

ferryman

Chinese Mandarin: 渡船夫; Dutch: veerman; Finnish: lautturi; French: batelier; German: Fährmann, Ferge; Greek: πορθμέας, βαρκάρης; Ancient Greek: πορθμεύς; Hebrew: מַעְבּוֹרַאי‎; Hungarian: révész; Icelandic: ferjumaður; Italian: traghettatore; Macedonian: скелеџија; Portuguese: balseiro; Romanian: luntraș, barcagiu; Russian: паромщик; Serbo-Croatian Cyrillic: скелеђија, скелеџија; Roman: skeleđija, skelédžija; Spanish: barquero, balsero; Volapük: lovenafan, hilovenafan, jilovenafan