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διψῶσαν κρήνην

a thirsting fountain

Register: technical

Etymology

Quasi-paradox: a spring that itself thirsts; possibly a comic or rhetorical conceit.

Occurs in 1 work (1 mentions)

Ad Atticum 12.5 July 46 BC · 1 occurrence

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