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Ἒστιν ὃ μὲν χείρων, ὃ δ' ἀμείνων ἔργον ἕκαστον· οὐδεὶς δ' ἀνθρώπων αὐτὸς ἅπαντα σοφός. (Theognis 901f.) → One is worse, the other better at each deed, but no man is wise in all things.

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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

littĕrātor: (lītĕr-), ōris, m. id.. *
I A teacher of reading and writing, an elementary instructor: litterator ruditatem eximit, grammaticus doctrinā instruit, App. Flor. p. 363, 5.—
II Transf., a grammarian, critic, philologist, Cat. 14, 9; Mart. Cap. 3, § 229; cf. Kopp ad loc.—
   B In opp. to litteratus (a man of real learning), a smatterer, sciolist: alter litterator fuit, alter litteras sciens, Gell. 18, 9, 2; cf. id. 16, 6: Suet. Gram. 4.