υγροπαγής

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οἷς πρόθεσίς ἐστιν ἀδικεῖν, παρ' αὐτοῖς οὐδὲ δικαία ἀπολογία ἰσχύει → not even a just excuse means anything to those bent on injustice | the tyrant will always find a pretext for his tyranny | any excuse will serve a tyrant

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Greek Monolingual

-ές, ΜΑ
αυτός του οποίου το νερό είναι παγωμένο
αρχ.
(για πρόσ.) αυτός που έχει ασθενική κράση.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < ὑγρός + -παγής (< θ. παγ- του πήγνυμι, πρβλ. παθ. αόρ. β' -πάγ-ην), πρβλ. σκληρο-παγής, ψυχρο-παγής].