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Ῥᾴθυμος ἐὰν ᾖς, πλούσιος πένης ἔσῃ → Si dives es pigerque, mox iners eris → Dein Leichtsinn macht alsbald dich arm, seist du auch reich

Menander, Monostichoi, 472

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

ămurca: (better than ămurga), ae, f., = ἀμόργη> (cf. Serv. ad Verg. G. 1, 194),
I the watery part that flows out in pressing olives, the lees or dregs of oil, Cato, R. R. 91; 101; 103; Varr. R. R. 1, 64; Col. 12, 50, 5; Plin. 15, 8, 8, § 33; Verg. G. 3, 448.