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Εἰ μὴ φυλάσσεις μίκρ', ἀπολεῖς τὰ μείζονα → Maiora perdes, minima ni servaveris → Wer Kleines nicht erhält, verliert das Größre auch

Menander, Monostichoi, 172

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

ămĭa: ae, f., and ămĭas, ae, m., = ἀμία>,
I the tunny, a sea-fish: (piscem) amiam vocant cujus etc., Plin. 9, 15, 19, § 49.—The form amias: acc. amian, Lucil. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 47 Müll.; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 21 ib.