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Οὐ γὰρ ἀργίας ὤνιονὑγίεια καὶ ἀπραξίας, ἅ γε δὴ μέγιστα κακῶν ταῖς νόσοις πρόσεστι, καὶ οὐδὲν διαφέρει τοῦ τὰ ὄμματα τῷ μὴ διαβλέπειν καὶ τὴν φωνὴν τῷ μὴ φθέγγεσθαι φυλάττοντος ὁ τὴν ὑγίειαν ἀχρηστίᾳ καὶ ἡσυχίᾳ σῴζειν οἰόμενος → For health is not to be purchased by idleness and inactivity, which are the greatest evils attendant on sickness, and the man who thinks to conserve his health by uselessness and ease does not differ from him who guards his eyes by not seeing, and his voice by not speaking

Plutarch, Advice about Keeping Well, section 24
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|Definition=η, ον, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[of maple wood]], τράπεζαι <span class="bibl">Cratin.301</span>: metaph. for [[tough]], [[stout]], '[[hearts of oak]]', <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ach.</span>181</span>.</span>
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Transliteration A: sphendámninos Transliteration B: sphendamninos Transliteration C: sfendamninos Beta Code: sfenda/mninos

English (LSJ)

η, ον, of maple wood, τράπεζαι Cratin.301: metaph. for tough, stout, 'hearts of oak', Ar.Ach.181.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

σφενδάμνῐνος: -η, -ον, ὁ πεποιημένος ἐκ ξύλου σφενδάμνου, τράπεζαι τρισκελεῖς σφενδάμνιναι Κρατῖν. ἐν Ἀδήλ. 9˙ μεταφ., ἰσχυρός, δυνατός, τραχύς, σκληρός, πρεσβῦταί τινες... σφενδάμνινοι Ἀριστοφ. Ἀχ. 181, πρβλ. πρίνινος.

French (Bailly abrégé)

[ῐ] η, ον,
1. de bois d'érable, CRAT. (Com. fr. 2, 177);
2. p. ext., dur solide. résistant, AR. Ach. 181.
Étymologie: σφένδαμνος.

Greek Monolingual

-ίνη, -ον, Α σφένδαμνος
1. κατασκευασμένος από ξύλο σφενδάμνου
2. μτφ. ισχυρός, δυνατός, τραχύς.

Greek Monotonic

σφενδάμνῐνος: -η, -ον, κατασκευασμένος από ξύλο σφενδάμνου· μεταφ., λέγεται για πρόσωπα, «σκληρό καρύδι», τραχύς, σκληρός, ισχυρός, σε Αριστοφ.

Russian (Dvoretsky)

σφενδάμνῐνος: досл. кленовый, перен. кондовой, крепкий (γέροντες Arph.).

Dutch (Woordenboekgrieks.nl)

σφενδάμνινος -η -ον [σφένδαμνος: esdoorn] hard als esdoornhout.

Middle Liddell

σφενδάμνῐνος, η, ον
of maple wood: metaph. of persons, "hearts of oak, " Ar. [from σφένδαμνος

English (Woodhouse)

tough as mafle, tough as maple

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