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πολλὰ δ' ἄναντα κάταντα πάραντά τε δόχμιά τ' ἦλθον → and ever upward, downward, sideward, and aslant they went

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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

bombȳcĭae hărundĭnes: = βομβυκίας κάλαμος> (Theophr. H. P. 4, 12),
I reeds suitable for flutes, βόμβυξ> (v. Lid. and Scott, s. v.), Plin. 16, 36, 66, § 170.