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Νέµουσι δ' οἴκους καὶ τὰ ναυστολούµενα ἔσω δόµων σῴζουσιν, οὐδ' ἐρηµίᾳ γυναικὸς οἶκος εὐπινὴς οὐδ' ὄλβιος → They manage households, and save what is brought by sea within the home, and no house deprived of a woman can be tidy and prosperous

Euripides, Melanippe Captiva, Fragment 6.11

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

mĕrōbĭbus: a, um, adj. merum-bibo,
I that drinks wine unmixed (which among the ancients was the practice only of drunkards): anus multibiba atque merobiba, Plaut. Curc. 1, 1, 77.

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