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Νέµουσι δ' οἴκους καὶ τὰ ναυστολούµενα ἔσω δόµων σῴζουσιν, οὐδ' ἐρηµίᾳ γυναικὸς οἶκος εὐπινὴς οὐδ' ὄλβιος → They manage households, and save what is brought by sea within the home, and no house deprived of a woman can be tidy and prosperous

Euripides, Melanippe Captiva, Fragment 6.11

Greek Monolingual

-ο(ν) (Α ἀκανθοφόρος)
1. (για ζώα και φυτά) αυτός που έχει επάνω του αγκάθια
«ἀκανθοφόρος ἐχῑνος» (Νόννος, Δίον. 13, 421)
2. (αγρός) όπου φυτρώνουν αγκάθια.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < ἄκανθα + -φόρος < φέρω.
ΠΑΡ. ακανθοφορώ].