clinopale
μή, φίλα ψυχά, βίον ἀθάνατον σπεῦδε, τὰν δ' ἔμπρακτον ἄντλει μαχανάν → Oh! my soul do not aspire to eternal life, but exhaust the limits of the possible. | Do not yearn, O my soul, for immortal life! Use to the utmost the skill that is yours. | Do not, my soul, strive for the life of the immortals, but exhaust the practical means at your disposal.
Latin > English
clinopale clinopales N F :: intercourse, wrestling in bed, active sexual exercise
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
clīnŏpălē: ēs, f., = κλινοπάλη,
I a wrestling in bed, = concubitus, Domit. ap. Suet. Dom. 22 (in Aur. Vict. Caes. 11, used as Greek).* † clīnŏpŏdĭon, ii, n., = κλινοπόδιον, a plant, wild basil, Plin. 24, 15, 87, § 137.* † clīnŏpūs, pŏdis, m., = κλινόπους, the foot of a bed, Lucil. ap. Macr. S. 6, 4.
Latin > German (Georges)
clīnopalē, ēs, f. (κλινοπάλη), das Ringen im Bett, der Bettkampf (der Beischlaf), Domitian. bei Suet. Dom. 22.
Latin > Chinese
clinopale, es. f. :: 演構精
