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Ποιητὴς, ὁπόταν ἐν τῷ τρίποδι τῆς Μούσης καθίζηται, τότε οὐκ ἔμφρων ἐστίν → Whenever a poet is seated on the Muses' tripod, he is not in his senses

Plato, Laws, 719c

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

τετράθηρος: -ον, ὁ τέσσαρα ζῷα ἔχων, τετράθηρον ἅρμα τῶν Εὐαγγελίων (περὶ τῶν τεσσάρων εὐαγγελιστῶν) Ἰω. Χρυσ. τ. 6, Ὁμιλ. 122.

Greek Monolingual

-ον, Α
αυτός που έχει τέσσερα ζώα («τετράθηρον ἅρμα τῶν εὐαγγελίων» — οι τέσσερεις ευαγγελιστές, Ιωάνν. Χρυσ).
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < τετρ(α)- + -θηρος (< θήρ, θηρός «άγριο ζώο, θηρίο»), πρβλ. πολύθηρος].