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nimium diligentem esse

to be pedantic.

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  • Such words as "pedantry," "pedant" can be expressed very variously in Latin, cf. N. D. 3. 31. 71 posse acerbos e Zenonis schola exire; Pro Mur. 9. 19 multorum difficultatem exsorbuit; Brut. 38. 143 erat in Crasso latine loquendi sine molestia diligens elegantia.
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