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From LSJ
κακῶς ζῆν κρεῖσσον ἢ καλῶς θανεῖν → better to live ignobly than to die nobly, better to live badly than to die well
Latin > English
ens entis N N :: being; something having esse/existence; (basic concept of St. Thomas Aquinas)
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
ens: entis, n. sum,
I a thing; formed, like essentia, after the Gr. οὐσία, by Flavius (or Fabianus), acc. to Quint. 8, 3, 33 Spald. N. cr., but first used by Caesar, acc. to Prisc. 18, 8, 75: entia (= τὰὄντα), Quint. 2, 14, 2.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
ēns, entis, part. de sum : Cæs. d. Prisc. Gramm. 18, 75 || entia pl. n. = τὰ ὄντα : Quint. 2, 14, 2.
Latin > German (Georges)
ēns, entis, n., das Ding (griech. το ον), Quint. 8, 3, 33. Boëth. in Porphyr. 3. p. 108 M. Prisc. 18, 75 (nach dem Cäsar das Wort zuerst gebraucht haben soll): Plur. entia (griech. τὰ οντα), Quint. 2, 14, 2.
