σπιθαμιαίος

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ἰχθύς ἐκ τῆς κεφαλῆς ὄζειν ἄρχεται → the fish stinks from the head, a fish rots from the head down, the fish rots from the head down, fish begin to stink at the head, the fish stinks first at the head, corruption starts at the top, the rot starts at the top

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Greek Monolingual

-α, -ο / σπιθαμιαῑος, -αία, -ον, ΝΜΑ
αυτός που έχει το μήκος ή το ύψος μιας σπιθαμής
νεοελλ.
μτφ. ο υπερβολικά βραχύσωμος, ο πολύ κοντός.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < σπιθαμή + κατάλ. -ιαῖος (πρβλ. δακτυλ-ιαίος)].