March 28th, 2023 Latin of the Day - "Hi sunt inimici pessumi fronte hilaro corde tristi."
"Hi sunt inimici pessumi fronte hilaro corde tristi."
"These are the worst enemies, cheerful of face and bitter of heart." The form pessumi is somewhat archaic; the classical form is pessimi.
~ Caecilius Statius (c. 220 - c. 166 B.C.E.), Hypobolimaeus, as recorded in Aulus Gellius, Attic Nights, XV.
a.d. V Kalendas Apriles anno A.U.C. MMDCCLXXVI
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