analecta

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οὐ μακαριεῖς τὸν γέροντα, καθ' ὅσον γηράσκων τελευτᾷ, ἀλλ' εἰ τοῖς ἀγαθοῖς συμπεπλήρωται· ἕνεκα γὰρ χρόνου πάντες ἐσμὲν ἄωροι → do not count happy the old man who dies in old age, unless he is full of goods; in fact we are all unripe in regards to time

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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

ănălecta: ae, m., = ἀναλέκτης>,
I he that collected the crumbs, etc., left after a meal, Mart. 7, 20; 14, 82.—
II Trop.: grammaticos habere analectas, that picked up words (said of parasites), Sen. Ep. 27.