chelidonias

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γυνὴ γὰρ οἴκῳ πῆμα καὶ σωτηρίαbane and salvation to a house is woman, bane or salvation to a house is woman, for a woman is disaster and salvation for the house

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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

chĕlīdŏnĭas: ae, m., = χελιδονίας> (pertaining to the swallow),
I the west wind, blowing after the 22d of Feb. (after the arrival of the swallows), Plin. 2, 47, 47, § 122.