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Ὀργὴ φιλούντων ὀλίγον ἰσχύει χρόνον → Amantis ira ferre aetatem non potest → Der Zorn von Liebenden hat Macht nur kurze Zeit

Menander, Monostichoi, 410

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

ēlĕvātĭo: ōnis, f. elevo.
I A lifting up, raising (late Lat.): manuum, Vulg. Psa. 140, 2 al.—
II Trop.
   1    Gram. t. t., the elevation: vocis (= ἄρσις>, opp. depositio), Mart. Cap. 9, § 974; Isid. 1, 16, 21.—
   2    Rhet. t. t., a lessening, disparaging; a species of irony, Quint. 9, 2, 50; Mart. Cap. 5, § 525.