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Κακὸν φυτὸν πέφυκεν ἐν βίῳ γυνή, καὶ κτώμεθ' αὐτὰς ὡς ἀναγκαῖον κακόν → In vita occrevit nobis ut gramen mulier, malumque hoc opus est servemus domi → Ein schlimm Gewächs erwuchs im Leben uns die Frau, und wir besitzen sie als unumgänglich Leid

Menander, Monostichoi, 304-305

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

ob-longus: a, um,
I adj., rather long, longish; oblong (not in Cic. or Cæs.): missile telum hastili oblongo, Liv. 21, 8: figura, Plin. 37, 12, 75, § 196: folia, id. 25, 3, 6. § 21: scutula, Tac. Agr. 10.—Comp.: foramen oblongius, Vitr. 21, 8 fin.; 10, 11, 4.