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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

German (Pape)

[Seite 507] άδος, u. γρομφίς, ίδος, ἡ, Mutterschwein, Sau, VLL.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

γρομφάς: -άδος, ἡ, ἢ γρομφίς, ίδος, ἡ, Λατ. scrofa, γουροῦνα, Ἱππῶναξ 48˙ πρβλ. Ἡσύχ. καὶ Σουΐδ. (Πιθαν. ἐκ τῆς αὐτῆς ῥίζης ἐξ ἧς καὶ τὸ γράφω (Δωρ. γρόφω), ὀρύττω, πρβλ. Λατ. scrobs).