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Μαστιγίας ἔγχαλκος, ἀφόρητον κακόν → Pecuniosus verbero, malum maximum → Ein reicher Taugenichts, wie unerträglich schlimm

Menander, Monostichoi, 365

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

lūcĭfŭga: ae, comm. lux-fugio,
I lightfleeing, light-shunning.
I Lit.: maritus, i. e. Cupid (who visited Psyche only at night), App. M. 5, p. 167, 5; id. Mag. p. 284, 38.—
II Transf., one who turns night into day: turba lucifugarum, Sen. Ep. 122, 15.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

lūcĭfŭga,¹⁶ æ, m., c. lucifugus : Sen. Ep. 122, 15 ; Apul. M. 5, 19.