prosthesis

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τὸ γὰρ εὖ πράττειν παρὰ τὴν ἀξίαν ἀφορμὴ τοῦ κακῶς φρονεῖν τοῖς ἀνοήτοις γίγνεται → undeserved success engenders folly in unbalanced minds

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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

prosthĕsis: is, f., = πρόσθεσις>, and prŏthĕsis, is, f., = πρόθεσις>,
I a grammatical figure consisting in the prefixing of a letter or syllable to a word, prosthesis; as gnatus for natus, tetuli for tuli, Charis. 4; Diom. 2.