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Ὀίκοι μένειν δεῖ τὸν καλῶς εὐδαίμονα → The person who is well satisfied should stay at home.

Aeschylus, fr. 317

Greek Monolingual

-ή, -ό (Α ἀκανθικός, -ή, -ὸν) ἀκανθα
ακανθώδης, γεμάτος αγκάθια
«ἀκανθικὴ φύσις» (Θεοφρ., Φυτ. Αιτ. 4, 6).
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. Απόδοση ξενικού όρου
< ακανθικός + τρήμα «οπή, τρύπα»].