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Λύπης ἰατρός ἐστιν ἀνθρώποις λόγος – For men reason is a healer of grief – Für Menschen ist der Trauer Arzt allein das WortMaeroris unica medicina oratio.

Menander, Sententiae, 452

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

ăpostăta: ae, m., = ἀποστάτης>,
I an apostate (eccl. Lat.).
I Lit., Tert. adv. Marc. 5, 11; Sedul. 5, 138; Cod. Th. 16, 7, 1. —
II In gen., a bad, wicked man: qui dicit regi, apostata, Vulg. Job. 34, 18: homo apostata, vir inutilis etc., ib. Prov. 6, 12.