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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

η κεραυνόπληκτος
ιατρ. άμεση συνέπεια ηλεκτρικής εκκένωσης της ατμόσφαιρας, με τη μορφή κεραυνού, στο ανθρώπινο σώμα.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < κεραυνόπληκτος. Απόδοση στην ελλ. ξεν. όρου, πρβλ. αγγλ. lighthing-flash syndrome].