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"english": "[Milphio] My God, [you are] a cunning swindler of a man, who came here to trick us, you migdilix, with a forked tongue like a snake.",
"ref": "c. 194 BCE, Plautus, Poenulus 5.2.73–74 (Milphio is directing insults at Hanno the Carthaginian.)",
"text": "[Milphio] at hercle tē hominem et sȳcophantam et subdolum, quī hūc advēnistī nōs captātum, migdilix, bisulcī linguā quasi prōserpēns bēstia.",
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"text": "[Milphio] at hercle tē hominem et sȳcophantam et subdolum, quī hūc advēnistī nōs captātum, migdilix, bisulcī linguā quasi prōserpēns bēstia.",
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Download raw JSONL data for migdilix meaning in Latin (2.4kB)
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