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μορμολύκειον

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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

German (Pape)

[Seite 207] τό (μορμολύττω), ein Schreckbild, Popanz, Schrecker, Μολοττικοὺς τρέφουσι, μορμολύκεια τοῖς μοιχοῖς, κύνας, Ar. Th. 417; Frg. 97. 187; μὴ δεδιέναι τὸν θάνατον ὥςπερ μορμολύκεια, Plat. Phaed. 77 e; Luc. Philops. 25 Tor. 24, oft.

French (Bailly abrégé)

c. μορμολυκεῖον.