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Δύναται τὸ πλουτεῖν καὶ φιλανθρώπους ποιεῖν → Animos nonnumquam humanos concinnant opes → Mitunter macht der Reichtum Menschen auch human

Menander, Monostichoi, 120

Greek Monolingual

ὀπωροφθόρος, -ον (Μ)
αυτός που καταστρέφει τους εδώδιμους καρπούς, τις οπώρες.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < ὀπώρα + -φθόρος (< φθείρω), πρβλ. ψυχο-φθόρος.