voluptuousness

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Ξίφος τιτρώσκει σῶμα, τὸν δὲ νοῦν λόγος → Ut corpus ensis, verba mentem sauciant → Das Schwert verletzt den Körper, doch den Sinn das Wort

Menander, Monostichoi, 393

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substantive

P. and V. τρυφή, ἡ, χλιδή, ἡ (Plato), ἁβρότης, ἡ (Plato), P. τὸ ἁβροδίαιτον (Thuc. 1, 6); see luxury.