caprimulgus

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Ὥσπερ οἱ ἐρωτικοὶ ἀπὸ τῶν ἐν αἰσθήσει καλῶν ὁδῷ προϊόντες ἐπ' αὐτὴν καταντῶσι τὴν μίαν τῶν καλῶν πάντων καὶ νοητῶν ἀρχήν → Just as lovers systematically leave behind what is fair to sensation and attain the one true source of all that is fair and intelligible

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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

căprĭmulgus: i, m. caper-mulgeo. *
I A milker of goats, poet. for countryman, Cat. 22, 10.—
II A bird supposed to suck the udders of goats, the goat-sucker, Plin. 10, 40, 56, § 115.