αχθηδών

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Ὁ αὐτὸς ἔφησε τὸν μὲν ὕπνον ὀλιγοχρόνιον θάνατον, τὸν δὲ θάνατον πολυχρόνιον ὕπνον → Plato said that sleep was a short-lived death but death was a long-lived sleep

Gnomologium Vaticanum, 446

Greek Monolingual

ἀχθηδών (-ονος), η (Α)
1. βάρος, φορτίο
2. θλίψη, ενόχληση, ταλαιπωρία.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < άχθος ή < άχθομαι + -δων-, επίθημα με το οποίο σχηματίζονται ονόματα που δήλωναν ασθένεια, άλγος, οδύνη
πρβλ. ακεχηδών
«λύπη» (Ησύχ.), αλγηδών, μελεδών.