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Ἡδύ γε σιωπᾶν ἢ λαλεῖν, ἃ μὴ πρέπει → Silentium anteferendum est turpiloquentiae → Schweig lieber, als zu sagen, was sich nicht gehört

Menander, Monostichoi, 221

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

ĕpĭcus: a, um, adj., = ἐπικός>,
I epic: poëta (Ennius), Cic. Opt. Gen. 1, 2: poëma, id. ib. 1, 1; cf. carmen, Quint. 10, 1, 62; Fulg. Myth. 1, 2.—Plur. as subst.: Ĕpĭci, ōrum, m., the epic poets, Quint. 10, 1, 51.