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Ἀλλ’ ἐσθ’ ὁ θάνατος λοῖσθος ἰατρός κακῶν → But death is the ultimate healer of ills

Sophocles, Fragment 698
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Transliteration A: skoliótēs Transliteration B: skoliotēs Transliteration C: skoliotis Beta Code: skolio/ths

English (LSJ)

ητος, ἡ,

   A crookedness, σ. τῆς καμπῆς, of a Parthian bow, Plu.Crass.24: in pl., the windings of a stream, Str.10.2.19; of windings generally, Id.12.8.15.    II metaph., inequality, σκολιότητα ἔχειν to be unequally affected, Hp.Acut. (Sp.) 22.    2 of men, crookedness, dishonesty, LXX Ez.16.5.