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Καλὸν τὸ νικᾶν ἀλλ' ὑπερνικᾶν κακόν → Vincere bonum est: ultra fas vincere lubricum → Schön ist zu siegen, übermäßig siegen schlecht

Menander, Monostichoi, 299

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

vernātĭo: ōnis, f. verno,
I the sloughing or shedding of the skin of snakes.
I Lit., Plin. 29, 5, 32, § 101; 30, 3 8, § 24.—
II Transf., concr., the slough cast off by a snake, Plin. 29, 6, 35, § 11.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

vernātĭō, ōnis, f. (verno), changement de peau des serpents au printemps, mue : Plin. 29, 101 || dépouille du serpent : Plin. 29, 111.