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ἀκανθοστεφής

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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: ἀκανθοστεφής Medium diacritics: ἀκανθοστεφής Low diacritics: ακανθοστεφής Capitals: ΑΚΑΝΘΟΣΤΕΦΗΣ
Transliteration A: akanthostephḗs Transliteration B: akanthostephēs Transliteration C: akanthostefis Beta Code: a)kanqostefh/s

English (LSJ)

ές, of a fish,

   A prickle-backed, Arist.Fr.295.

German (Pape)

[Seite 68] ἰχθύς, stachelumgebener Fisch, Arist. bei Ath. VII, 319 c.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

ἀκανθοστεφής: -ές, ἐπὶ ἰχθύος ἀκανθώδη ἔχοντος τὰ νῶτα, Ἀριστ. Ἀποσπ. 279.

Spanish (DGE)

-ές
que lleva pinchos en el lomodel pez labro, Arist.Fr.295.

Greek Monolingual

-ές (Α ἀκανθοστεφής)
στεφανωμένος με αγκάθια, αυτός που φοράει ακάνθινο στέφανο
αρχ.
(ψάρι) με αγκάθια στη ράχη του.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < ἄκανθα + -στεφὴς < στέφος «στεφάνι, στέμμα»].

Russian (Dvoretsky)

ἀκανθοστεφής: усаженный шипами, колючеперый (ἰχθύς Arst.).