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Οὐδ' ἄμμε διακρινέει φιλότητος ἄλλο, πάρος θάνατόν γε μεμορμένον ἀμφικαλύψαι → Nor will anything else divide us from our love before the fate of death enshrouds us

Apollonius of Rhodes, Argonautica, 3.1129f.

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

sŭperjectĭo: ōnis, f. superiacio. *
I Lit., a throwing over or on: vestium, Arn. 3, 108.—
II Trop., in rhet., an exaggeration, hyperbole, Quint. 8, 6, 67.