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οὔποτε ποιήσεις τὸν καρκίνον ὀρθὰ βαδίζειν → thou shalt never make the crab walk straight

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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

astăcus: i, m., = ἄστακος,
I a kind of crab, Plin. 9, 31, 51, § 97; cf. Isid. Orig. 12, 8, 9.