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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

German (Pape)

[Seite 735] ορος, ὁ, Freiwerber, Nicet.

Greek Monolingual

-ορος, ὁ, Α
ο μνηστήρας.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < προμνῶμαι + επίθημα -τωρ (πρβλ. χρήσ-τωρ)].

Translations

matchmaker

Arabic: خَاطِب‎, خَاطِبَة‎; Belarusian: сват, свацця; Bulgarian: сватовник, сватовница; Chinese Mandarin: 媒人, 媒妁, 媒婆, 伐柯人; Czech: dohazovač, dohazovačka; Danish: ægteskabsformidler, giftekniv, Kirsten Giftekniv; Dutch: koppelaar, koppelaarster; Estonian: kosjasobitaja; Faroese: hjúnabandsmeklari; Finnish: puhemies, avioliittovälittäjä; French: entremetteur, entremetteuse, marieur, marieuse, apparieur, apparieuse; Gallo: bassadou; Georgian: მაჭანკალი; German: Kuppler, Kupplerin, Ehestifter, Ehestifterin, Heiratsvermittler, Heiratsvermittlerin, Schadchen; Greek: προξενητής, προξενήτρα; Ancient Greek: ἐκγαμιστής, νυμφαγωγός, νυμφεύτρια, ξυναγωγεύς, ὁ τοῦ γάμου συναγωγεύς, προμνήστρια, προμνηστρίς, προμνήστωρ, προξενήτρια, συναγωγεύς; Hebrew: שַׁדְכָן‎; Icelandic: hjónabandsmiðlari; Japanese: 仲人, 媒酌人, 月下氷人; Kazakh: айттырушы; Khmer: មេអណ្ដើក; Korean: 중매인, 뚜쟁이; Kyrgyz: жуучу; Ladino: kazamentera; Latin: conciliatrix; Lithuanian: piršlys, piršlė; Macedonian: сводник; Norwegian Bokmål: ekteskapsformidler, giftekniv; Nynorsk: ekteskapsformidlar, giftekniv; Polish: swat, swatka; Portuguese: casamenteiro; Russian: сват, сваха, сватья; Serbo-Croatian Cyrillic: сну̀бок; Roman: snùbok; Slovak: dohadzovač, dohadzovačka; Spanish: casamentero, casamentera, alcahuete, alcahueta, celestina; Swedish: äktenskapsmäklare; Thai: แม่สื่อ; Turkish: çöpçatan; Ukrainian: сват, сваха, свашка; Vietnamese: người làm mối, bà mối; Yiddish: שדכן‎, יענטע‎