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English	Latin
river	flumen
river	flūmen, flūminis, n.
because of you, your land never pleads for showers, nor does its parched grass pray to Jove for rain (Tibullus, in reference to the Nile River)	te propter nullos tellus tua postulat imbres, arida nec pluvio supplicat herba Jovi
bed (of a river)	alveus
he who postpones the hour of living rightly is like the yokel who waits till the river shall have passed by; but that river still flows and will continue to flow for all eternity (Horace)	vivendi recte qui prorogat horam, rusticus expectat dum defluat amnis; at ille labitur et labetur in omne volubilis ævum
hollow, basket, bed (of a river)	alveus
I had rather take my glass of water from a great river like this than from this little fountain (Horace, criticizing those who store large quantities of things and never use them)	magno de flumine mallem quam ex hoc fonticulo tantundem sumere
live ever mindful of death (Lethe, a reference to the underworld, was the river whose waters brought forgetfulness of the past) (Persius)	vive memor Lethi
the one who knows not his way to the sea should seek the river for his companion (Plautus)	viam qui nescit qua deveniat ad mare, eum oportet amnem quærere comitem sibi
the one who postpones the hour for living aright is like the yokel who waits till the river flows by; but it glides and will glide on to all eternity (Horace)	qui recte vivendi prorogat horam rusticus expectat dum defluat amnis, at ille labitur et labetur in omne volubilis ævum
the river from which there is no return (i.e., the river Styx) (Virgil)	irremeabilis unda
the yokel waits until the river flows by; but it still glides on, and will glide on forever (i.e., someone who waits for change in vain) (Horace)	rusticus expectat dum defluat amnis; at ille labitur et labetur in omne volubilis ævum
time rolls on steadily, and eludes us as it steals past, like the swift river that glides on with rapid stream (Ovid)	labitur occulte, fallitque volubilis ætas, ut celer admissis labitur amnis aquis
where the river flows calmly, there perchance is it the deepest (Dionysius Cato)	qua flumen placidum est, forsan latet altius unda
you but a river, and contending with the ocean	fluvius cum mari certas

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