May 2nd, 2023 Latin of the Day - "Aegrescit medendo."
"Aegrescit medendo."
"He/she/it becomes more ill from the remedy." - The idea of "the cure is worse than the disease," this phrase is from Vergil's Aeneid, in which King Latinus tries to calm Turnus' anger against the Trojans, only to inflame it further.
~ Publius Vergilius Maro (70 - 21 B.C.E.), Aeneid, xii.46
a.d. VI Nonas Maias anno A.U.C. MMDCCLXXVI
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