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ἐπικαλλύνω

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Ποιητὴς, ὁπόταν ἐν τῷ τρίποδι τῆς Μούσης καθίζηται, τότε οὐκ ἔμφρων ἐστίν → Whenever a poet is seated on the Muses' tripod, he is not in his senses

Plato, Laws, 719c
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Transliteration A: epikallýnō Transliteration B: epikallynō Transliteration C: epikallyno Beta Code: e)pikallu/nw

English (LSJ)

A deck out, Them. Or.32.359b; τὴν ἀκοσμίαν τῆς φύσεως Chor.Zach.15. ἐπικαλλωπίζοντες, illinentes, Gloss.

German (Pape)

[Seite 945] überschminken, Themist. or. 32.

Greek Monolingual

ἐπικαλλύνω (Α)
στολίζω επί πλέον, κάνω κάτι πιο ωραίο.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < επί + καλλύνω (< κάλλος) «καλλωπίζω, εξωραΐζω»].