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Τὸ γὰρ περισσὰ πράσσειν οὐκ ἔχει νοῦν οὐδένα → There is no sense in doing things beyond the usual measure

Sophocles, Antigone, 67-68

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

prōjectĭo: ōnis, f. id.,
I a throwing forward, a stretching out.
I Lit.: brachii, i e. extension (opp. contractio), Cic. Or. 18, 59: projectiones aquae, jets, Fest. s. v. tullios, p. 352 Müll.—
II Transf., concr., like projectura, a projection, in buildings; also, the right to build a projection, Dig. 43, 17, 3, §§ 5 and 6.