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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

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υπερίσχυση, υπερτέρηση, επιβολή.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < κατισχύω. Η λ., στον λόγιο τ. κατίσχυσις, μαρτυρείται από το 1892 στην εφημερίδα Ακρόπολις].