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μὴ φῦναι τὸν ἅπαντα νικᾷ λόγον → not to be born is, past all prizing, best | not to be born excels the whole account | not to be born exceeds every possible estimate | not to be born is, beyond all estimation, best | never to have lived is best | not to be born is best of all

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Greek Monolingual

η και κολά, το
βοτ. γένος αγγειόσπερμων δικότυλων φυτών που ανήκει στην τάξη μαλβώδη, οικογένεια στερκουλίδες.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. Λ. ξεν. προελεύσεως, πρβλ. γαλλ. cola ή kola (αφρικ. προελεύσεως). Η λ. μαρτυρείται από το 1890 στην εφημερίδα Εφημερίς].