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Οὐ γὰρ ἀργίας ὤνιονὑγίεια καὶ ἀπραξίας, ἅ γε δὴ μέγιστα κακῶν ταῖς νόσοις πρόσεστι, καὶ οὐδὲν διαφέρει τοῦ τὰ ὄμματα τῷ μὴ διαβλέπειν καὶ τὴν φωνὴν τῷ μὴ φθέγγεσθαι φυλάττοντος ὁ τὴν ὑγίειαν ἀχρηστίᾳ καὶ ἡσυχίᾳ σῴζειν οἰόμενος → For health is not to be purchased by idleness and inactivity, which are the greatest evils attendant on sickness, and the man who thinks to conserve his health by uselessness and ease does not differ from him who guards his eyes by not seeing, and his voice by not speaking

Plutarch, Advice about Keeping Well, section 24

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

Umbri: ōrum, m.,
I a people of Italy, in the district of Umbria, which was named after them, Plin. 3, 5, 8, § 50; 3, 14, 19, § 112; Liv. 5, 35; 9, 37 sq.—Hence,
   A Umber, bra, brum, adj., of or belonging to the Umbrians, Umbrian: porcus, Cat. 39, 11: aper, Hor. S. 2, 4, 40; Stat. S. 2, 4, 4; 4, 6, 10: villicus, Mart. 7, 31, 9: maritus, Ov. A. A. 3, 303.—Substt.
   1    Umber, bri, m. (sc. canis), an Umbrian dog used in hunting, Verg. A. 12, 753; Sen. Thyest. 497; Val. Fl. 6, 420; Sil. 3, 295; Grat. Cyn. 171 al.—A kind of sheep in Spain and Corsica, Plin. 8, 49, 75, § 199.—
   2    Umbra, ae, f., a female Umbrian, in a pun with umbra, a shadow, Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 84.—
   B Um-brĭa, ae, f., a district of Italy so called, Plin. 3, 5, 8, § 51; Varr. R. R. 1, 50, 1; Cic. Rosc. Am. 16, 48; id. Mur. 20, 42; id. Div. 1, 41, 92.—In apposition: Umbria terra, Gell. 3, 2, 6.—
   C Umbrĭcus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Umbria, Umbrian: creta, Plin. 35, 17, 57, § 197.