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Νέµουσι δ' οἴκους καὶ τὰ ναυστολούµενα ἔσω δόµων σῴζουσιν, οὐδ' ἐρηµίᾳ γυναικὸς οἶκος εὐπινὴς οὐδ' ὄλβιος → They manage households, and save what is brought by sea within the home, and no house deprived of a woman can be tidy and prosperous

Euripides, Melanippe Captiva, Fragment 6.11

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

vārĭco: āvi, ātum, 1, v. n. 1. varicus,
I to spread the legs apart, to straddle: varicare supra modum et in stando deforme est et accedente motu prope obscenum, Quint. 11, 3, 125: vallum, quod eā varicare nemo potest, i. e. can stride over it, Varr. L. L. 5, § 117 Müll.—With a homogeneous object: superbus quin etiam varicatis gressibus patet, i. e. striding, strutting, swaggering, Cassiod. Var. 6, 6.