αλαφρόπετρα

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Εὐφήμει, ὦ ἄνθρωπε· ἁσμενέστατα μέντοι αὐτὸ ἀπέφυγον, ὥσπερ λυττῶντά τινα καὶ ἄγριον δεσπότην ἀποδράς → Hush, man, most gladly have I escaped this thing you talk of, as if I had run away from a raging and savage beast of a master

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Greek Monolingual

η
1. ελαφρός και σπογγώδης ηφαιστειογενής λίθος, η κίσηρις
2. (για πρόσωπα) ελαφρός, επιπόλαιος.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < αλαφρο- + πέτρα.
ΠΑΡ. νεοελλ. αλαφροπετρίτης].