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varico

From LSJ

Τοῦ ὅλου οὖν τῇ ἐπιθυμίᾳ καὶ διώξει ἔρως ὄνομα → Love is the name for our pursuit of wholeness, for our desire to be complete

Plato, Symposium, 192e10

Latin > English

varico varicare, varicavi, varicatus V :: straddle (with legs apart)

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

vārĭco: āvi, ātum, 1, v. n. 1. varicus,
I to spread the legs apart, to straddle: varicare supra modum et in stando deforme est et accedente motu prope obscenum, Quint. 11, 3, 125: vallum, quod eā varicare nemo potest, i. e. can stride over it, Varr. L. L. 5, § 117 Müll.—With a homogeneous object: superbus quin etiam varicatis gressibus patet, i. e. striding, strutting, swaggering, Cassiod. Var. 6, 6.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

vārĭcō, āvī, ātum, āre (varicus), intr., écarter beaucoup les jambes : Quint. 11, 3, 125 || enjamber : Varro L. 5, 117 || gressus varicati Cassiod. Var. 6, 6 [complément d’objet intérieur], pas allongés.

Latin > German (Georges)

vārico, āvī, ātum, āre (varicus), die Füße voneinander sperren, grätschen, Quint. 11, 3, 125. – vallum, quod ea varicare nemo potest, darüber grätschen, Varro LL. 5, 117. – m. homogen. Objekte, gressus varicati, grätschende, Cassiod. var. 6, 9, 4.

Latin > Chinese

varico, as, are. n. (varicus.) :: 交脛行