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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

Greek Monolingual

ὀδοντοφυής, -ές (Α)
(για τους Σπαρτούς, δηλαδή τους Καδμείους) αυτός που γεννήθηκε από δόντι δράκοντα («δράκοντος γένναν ὀδοντοφυῆ» Ευρ.).
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < ὀδούς, ὀδόντος + -φυής (< φύω, φύομαι), πρβλ. κερατο-φυής].