ardelio

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τὸν καπνὸν φεύγων εἰς τὸ πῦρ ἐνέπεσεν → out of the frying pan into the fire, from the frying pan into the fire

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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

ardĕlĭo: ōnis, m. ardeo, prop.
I a zealous person; hence, in a bad sense, a busybody, a meddler, = πολυπράγμων>, Phaedr. 2, 5, 1 sq.; cf. the epigrams of Mart. 2, 7; 4, 79.