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μωρία δίδωσιν ἀνθρώποις κακά → Inepta mens hominibus impertit mala → Die Torheit gibt den Menschen Unglück zum Geschenk

Menander, Monostichoi, 224

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

tentātor: ōris, m. tento.
I An assailant, attempter, tempter: integrae Dianae (Orion), Hor. C. 3, 4, 71.—Esp., the tempter, i. e. the devil, Vulg. Matt. 4, 3; Juvenc. 1, 384.—
II He who attacks: autumnus, tentator valetudinum, Tert. Anim. 48 init.>