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sufflamen

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Λύπης ἰατρός ἐστιν ἀνθρώποις λόγος – For men reason is a healer of grief – Für Menschen ist der Trauer Arzt allein das WortMaeroris unica medicina oratio.

Menander, Sententiae, 452

Latin > English

sufflamen sufflaminis N N :: brake, drag, hindrance

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

sufflāmen: ĭnis, n. id.,
I a clog, break, drag-chain, to check the motion of a wheel.
I Lit.: rotam astringit multo sufflamine, Juv. 8, 148: tardat sufflamine currum, Prud. Psych. 417.—
II Trop., a clog, hinderance, impediment (post-class.): nec res atteritur longo sufflamine litis, Juv. 16, 50; Inscr. Grut. 180, 3.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

sufflāmĕn,¹⁵ ĭnis, n. (sufflo), sabot pour enrayer : Juv. 8, 148 || [fig.] obstacle, entrave : Juv. 16, 50.

Latin > German (Georges)

sufflāmen, inis, n., die Radsperre, Hemmkette, der Hemmschuh, I) eig., Iuven. 8, 148. Prud. psych. 416. – II) übtr. = Hindernis, litis, Iuven. 16, 50.

Latin > Chinese

sufflamen, inis. n. :: 止輪之物輪楔子阻碍