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Dulce pellitis ovibus Galesi flumen. Virg., G., iv., 126. Mart., xii., Ep. 64,
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Albi quæ superas oves Galesi.
human
τὸ εὔτακτον τῆς ψυχῆς πρὸς τὰ θεῖά τε καὶ ἀνθρώπινα δίκαια. It may also imply the
gpt
Quemadmodum lana quosdam colores semel ducit, quosdam nisi sæpius macerata et recocta non perbibit: sic alias disciplines ingenia cum accepere, protinus præstant: hæc nisi altè descendit, et diù sedit, animum non coloravit, sed infecit, nihil ex his quæ promiserat præstat. Ep. 71. Cf. Virg., Georg., iii., 307,
human
Quamvis Milesia magno vellera mutentur Tyrios _incocta_ rubores.
gpt
Soli probi _litare_ dicuntur proprie: _sacrificare_ quilibet etiam improbi. Litare therefore is to _obtain_ that for which the sacrifice is offered. Vid. Liv., xxxviii., 20,
human
Postero die sacrificio facto cum primis hostiis litasset. Plaut., Pœnul., ii., 41,
gpt
Tum Jupiter faciat ut semper _sacrificem_ nec unquam _litem_. Cf. Lact. ad Stat. Theb., x., 610. Suet., Cæs., 81. Even the heathen could see that the deity regarded the purity of the heart, not the costliness of the offering of the sacrificer. So Laberius,
human
τὸ δαιμονίον μᾶλλον πρὸς τὸ τῶν θυόντων ἠθος ἢ πρὸς τὸ τῶν θυομένων πλῆθος βλέπει. Cf. Plat., Alc., II., xii., fin.,
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Est litabilis hostia bonus animus et pura mens et sincera sententia.
human
Nec in victimis, licet opimæ sint, auroque præfulgeant, deorum est honos: sed pia et recta voluntate venerantium: itaque boni etiam _farre_ ac fictili religiosi. Hor., iii., Od. xxiii., 17,
gpt
Immunis aram si tetigit manus non sumptuosa blandior hostia mollivit aversos Penates _farre_ pio et saliente mica.