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Ubi idem et maximus et honestissimus amor est, aliquando praestat morte jungi, quam vita distrahi → Where indeed the greatest and most honourable love exists, it is much better to be joined by death, than separated by life.

Valerius Maximus, De Factis Dictisque

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

antĕfīxa, ōrum, n., antéfixes [ornements fixés en avant, au bas du toit, sous la gouttière, P. Fest. 8 ] : antefixa fictilia deorum Romanorum ridentes Liv. 34, 4, 4, se moquant des antéfixes d’argile de nos dieux romains [= des temples de nos dieux], cf. 26, 23, 4.