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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

Greek Monolingual

-α, -ο / παντοῑος, -οία, -ον, ΝΜΑ
ο κάθε γένους ή ο κάθε είδους, παντοδαπός, παντοειδής («παντοίᾳ τέχνῃ», Σοφ.)
αρχ.
1. οποιοσδήποτε, καθένας
2. φρ. «παντοῑος γίνεται» — παίρνει κάθε μορφή, δηλ. μεταχειρίζεται κάθε μέσο, κάνει το καθετί («παντοῖος γενόμενος ὑπὲρ τοῦ σῶσαι τοὺς ἄνδρας», Πλούτ.).
επίρρ...
παντοίως ΝΜΑ
με όλους τους τρόπους, ποικιλοτρόπως.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < πᾶς, παντός + επίθημα -οῖος
(πρβλ. αλλοίος, ποίος, τοίος)].