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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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P. and V. θρῆνος. ὁ (Plato), P. θρηνῳδία, ἡ (Plato), V. θρηνήματα, τά.

sing an elegy, v.: P. and V. θρηνεῖν; see dirge.