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Φιλοκαλοῦμέν τε γὰρ μετ' εὐτελείας καὶ φιλοσοφοῦμεν ἄνευ μαλακίας → Our love of what is beautiful does not lead to extravagance; our love of the things of the mind does not makes us soft.

Τhucydides, 2.40.1

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

ervĭlĭa: ae, f. ervum,
I a kind of pulse, the bitter vetch, Varr. R. R. 1, 32, 2; Col. 2, 13, 1; Ser. Samon. 585; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 82, 21 Müll.