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Ἰὸς πέφυκεν ἀσπίδος κακὴ γυνή → Ipsum venenum aspidis mulier mala → Das reinste Natterngift ist eine schlechte Frau

Menander, Monostichoi, 261

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

ambĕcīsus: ūs, m. ambi-caedo,
I a cutting around, a rounding off: ancilia dicta ab ambecisu, Varr. L. L. 7, § 43 Müll.