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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

εὐνουχίας, ὁ (Α) ευνούχος
1. αυτός που μοιάζει με ευνούχο, ο ανίκανος για συνουσία («ἄγονοι γίγνονται καὶ γυναῑκες καὶ ἄνδρες
ὥστε τὰς μὲν μὴ ἡβᾱν, τοὺς δὲ μὴ γενειᾱν ἀλλ' εὐνουχίας διατελεῑν ὄντας», Αριστοτ.)
2. μτφ. είδος πεπονιού χωρίς σπόρους
3. φρ. «εὐνουχίαι κάλαμοι» — καλάμια χωρίς θύσανο
4. είδος φοινικοφόρων δένδρων.