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Θέλομεν καλῶς ζῆν πάντες, ἀλλ' οὐ δυνάμεθα → Bene vivere omnes volumus, at non possumus → Gut leben wollen wir alle, doch wir können es nicht

Menander, Monostichoi, 236

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

ēlĕcĕbra: (also exlec-), ae, f. elicio,
I a female allurer, wheedler, sponger (a Plautin. word), Plaut. Men. 2, 3, 26; id. Bacch. 4, 9, 20; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 76, 5 Müll.