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κάκκη

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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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Full diacritics: κάκκη Medium diacritics: κάκκη Low diacritics: κάκκη Capitals: ΚΑΚΚΗ
Transliteration A: kákkē Transliteration B: kakkē Transliteration C: kakki Beta Code: ka/kkh

English (LSJ)

ἡ,

   A human ordure, Ar.Pax162. κακκῆαι, v. κατακαίω.

German (Pape)

[Seite 1299] ἡ, Kacke, Menschenkoth, Ar. Pax 162.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

κάκκη: ἡ, «κακκά», ἀνθρωπίνη κόπρος, Ἀριστοφ. Εἰρ. 162.

French (Bailly abrégé)

ης (ἡ) :
excrément, caca.
Étymologie: DELG mot du langage populaire et enfantin ; cf. lat. cacare, irl. caccaim « je fais caca », cacc « merde », arm. k῾akor « fumier », russe kakal’, all. kakken.

Greek Monolingual

κάκκη, ἡ (Α)
τα περιττώματα του ανθρώπου.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < κακκῶ, υποχωρητικά].

Greek Monotonic

κάκκη: ἡ, ακαθαρσία, κόπρος, σε Αριστοφ.