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Οὐ γὰρ ἀργίας ὤνιονὑγίεια καὶ ἀπραξίας, ἅ γε δὴ μέγιστα κακῶν ταῖς νόσοις πρόσεστι, καὶ οὐδὲν διαφέρει τοῦ τὰ ὄμματα τῷ μὴ διαβλέπειν καὶ τὴν φωνὴν τῷ μὴ φθέγγεσθαι φυλάττοντος ὁ τὴν ὑγίειαν ἀχρηστίᾳ καὶ ἡσυχίᾳ σῴζειν οἰόμενος → For health is not to be purchased by idleness and inactivity, which are the greatest evils attendant on sickness, and the man who thinks to conserve his health by uselessness and ease does not differ from him who guards his eyes by not seeing, and his voice by not speaking

Plutarch, Advice about Keeping Well, section 24

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

καταφαιδρύνω: μεγάλως φαιδρύνω, λαμπρύνω τι, ποιῶ τι στίλβον, Εὐσ. Βίος Κωνστ. 3. 34, Κύριλλ. κτλ.· ἑορταὶ καταφαιδρύνονται καὶ καταλάμπονται Ἰω. Χρυσ.· τῷ λουτρῷ κ. τὰ σώματα Γρηγ. Νύσσ.

Greek Monolingual

καταφαιδρύνω (Α)
(επιτ. τ. του φαιδρύνω)
1. κάνω κάτι φαιδρό, λαμπρό, καθαρό, λαμπρύνω, φωτίζω, καταυγάζω
2. στολίζω, καλλωπίζω, εξωραΐζω.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < κατ(α)- + φαιδρύνω «κάνω κάτι λαμπρό, καθαρό»].

German (Pape)

erheitern, Sp.

Translations

beautify

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