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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

Greek Monolingual

(Α ἀκυρῶ, -όω)
κάνω κάτι άκυρο, καταργώ, ανακαλώ
αρχ.
1. θέτω κάτι σε αχρηστία, αθετώ
2. κάνω κάτι ανίσχυρο.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < άκυρος.
ΠΑΡ. αρχ. ἀκύρωσις, νεοελλ. ακυρώσιμος, ακυρωτικός].