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Ἀναβάντα γὰρ εἰς τὴν ἀκρόπολιν, καὶ διὰ τὴν ὑπερβολὴν τῆς λύπης προσκόψαντα τῷ ζῆν, ἑαυτὸν κατακρημνίσαι → For he ascended the acropolis and then, because he was disgusted with life by reason of his excessive grief, cast himself down the height

Diodorus Siculus, 4.61.7

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

vērĭlŏquĭum: ii, n. verus-loquor, a literal transl. of ἐτυμολογία>,
I etymology, for which Cicero proposes the freer rendering, notatio, Cic. Top. 8, 35.