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Ζεὺς γὰρ μεγάλης γλώσσης κόμπους ὑπερεχθαίρει → Zeus hates the boasts of an overweening tongue

Sophocles, Antigone, 127-128

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

demptĭo: ōnis, f. demo,
I a taking away (very rare): demptio aut additio literarum, Varr. L. L. 5, § 6 Müll.: damnum a demptione, id. ib. 5, § 176.