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antefixa

From LSJ

Ποιητὴς, ὁπόταν ἐν τῷ τρίποδι τῆς Μούσης καθίζηται, τότε οὐκ ἔμφρων ἐστίν → Whenever a poet is seated on the Muses' tripod, he is not in his senses

Plato, Laws, 719c

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.