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Φιλοκαλοῦμέν τε γὰρ μετ' εὐτελείας καὶ φιλοσοφοῦμεν ἄνευ μαλακίας → Our love of what is beautiful does not lead to extravagance; our love of the things of the mind does not makes us soft.

Τhucydides, 2.40.1

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

sub-servĭo: īre, v. n.,
I to be subject to, to serve (ante-class.).
I Lit.: istaec, quae viros subservire Sibi postulant, Plaut. Men. 5, 2, 14; Naev. ap. Front. Ep. 2, 13, p. 62 Nieb. (Com. Rel. p. 22 Rib.).—*
II Trop., to comply with, humor, accommodate one's self to: orationi, Ter. And. 4, 3, 20.