ψίχα

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Ἀναξαγόρας δύο ἔλεγε διδασκαλίας εἶναι θανάτου, τόν τε πρὸ τοῦ γενέσθαι χρόνον καὶ τὸν ὕπνονAnaxagoras used to say that we have two teachers for death: the time before we were born and sleep | Anaxagoras said that there are two rehearsals for death: the time before being born and sleep

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Greek Monolingual

η, ΝΜ
1. το εσωτερικό, μαλακό μέρος του ψωμιού
2. στον πληθ. οι ψίχες και αἱ ψίχαι
τα ψίχουλα
νεοελλ.
1. το εσωτερικό ορισμένων ξηρών καρπών («η ψίχα του αμυγδάλου»)
2. μτφ. ελάχιστη ποσότητα από κάτι («δώσε μου μια ψίχα καφέ»).
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < αρχ. ψίξ, ψιχός «ψίχα», κατά τα πρωτόκλιτα θηλυκά].