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parastas

From LSJ

Ζῆν οὐκ ἄξιος, ὅτῳ μηδὲ εἷς ἐστι χρηστὸς φίλοςLife is not worth living if you do not have at least one friend.

Democritus, DK 68b22

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

părastas: ădis, f., = παραστάς,
I a four-cornered pillar or column, a pilaster, Vitr. 10, 15; cf. parastata.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

părastăs, ădis, f. (παραστάς), pilastre, montant [dans une baliste, une catapulte] : Vitr. Arch. 10, 10, 2.

Latin > German (Georges)

parastas, ados, f. (παραστάς), das senkrechte Stück des Spannrahmens an der Katapulte u. Ballista, das senkrechte Rahmenstück, Vitr. 10, 10 (15), 2 u. ö.