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γλυκύ δ᾽ἀπείρῳ πόλεμος, πεπειραμένων δέ τις ταρβεῖ προσιόντα, νιν καρδίᾳ περισσῶς → A sweet thing is war to the inexperienced, but anyone who has tasted it trembles at its approach, exceedingly, in his heart (Pindar, for the Thebans, fr. 110)

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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

topper: adv. contr. from toto opere,
I with all diligence, speedily, forthwith (anteclass.; cf.: ab ultimis et jam oblitteratis repetita temporibus, qualia sunt topper et antigerio, etc., Quint. 1, 6, 40): topper citi ad aedes venimus Circae, Pac. ap. Fest. p. 352 Müll.; so Naev., Enn., Att., Cael. ib.