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.
rē̆-plexus: a, um, Part. plecto,
I bent or turned back: cauda, Plin. 20, 1, 3, § 7 (Jahn, reflexa).
rĕplexus, a, um, recourbé : *Plin. 20, 7.
