delasso

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ἀμήχανον δὲ παντὸς ἀνδρὸς ἐκμαθεῖν ψυχήν τε καὶ φρόνημα καὶ γνώμην, πρὶν ἂν ἀρχαῖς τε καὶ νόμοισιν ἐντριβὴς φανῇ → hard it is to learn the mind of any mortal or the heart, 'till he be tried in chief authority | it is impossible to know fully any man's character, will, or judgment, until he has been proved by the test of rule and law-giving

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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

dē-lasso: āvi, ātum, 1,
I v. a., to weary or tire out (rare and poet. for defetigare): labore delassatus, Plaut. Asin. 5, 2, 22: loquacem Fabium, Hor. S. 1, 1, 14.—Poet., with a thing as obj.: delasset omnes fabulas poetarum, Mart. 10, 5 fin.>