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Ubi idem et maximus et honestissimus amor est, aliquando praestat morte jungi, quam vita distrahi → Where indeed the greatest and most honourable love exists, it is much better to be joined by death, than separated by life.

Valerius Maximus, De Factis Dictisque

Greek Monolingual

παλιατζής, ο, θηλ. παλιατζού
αυτός που αγοράζει και μεταπωλεί παλιά, μεταχειρισμένα αντικείμενα, παλαιοπώλης.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < ουδ. παλιά του επιθ. παλιός + κατάλ. -τζής (πρβλ. καφε-τζής)].