coacervatio

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ἐπὶ ξυροῦ γὰρ ἀκμῆς ἔχεται ἡμῖν τὰ πρήγματα → our affairs are balanced on a razor's edge, our affairs are set upon the razor's edge

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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

cŏăcervātĭo: ōnis, f. coacervo. *
I A heaping together.
   A Prop.: stratae viae, Isid. Orig. 15, 16, 7.—
   B Trop.: actionum, Dig. 2, 1, 11.—
II A rhetorical figure, * Cic. Part. Or. 35, 122; * Quint. 9, 3, 53.