κοντολογώ

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χρόνος ἐστὶ δάνος, τὸ ζῆν πικρός ἐσθ' ὁ δανίσας → time is a loan, and he who lent you life is a hard creditor | time is on loan and life's lender is a prick

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Greek Monolingual

-άω και κοντολογίζω (Μ κοντολογῶ, -άω)
νεοελλ.
μιλώ σύντομα, λέω κάτι με λίγα λόγια
μσν.
(η μτχ. παθ. παρακμ. ως επίθ.) κοντολογημένος, -η, -ον
σύντομος.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < κοντ(ο)- + -λογώ (< -λόγος < λόγος < λέγω), πρβλ. μωρο-λογώ, πολυ-λογώ].