θνησιμαίος

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πέτρην κοιλαίνει ρανὶς ὕδατος ἐνδελεχείῃ → constant dropping wears away a stone, constant dripping will wear away the hardest stone, little strokes fell big oaks, constant dripping wears the stone, constant dropping wears the stone, constant dripping will wear away a stone

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Greek Monolingual

-α, -ο (ΑΜ θνησιμαῑος, -αία, -ον)
νεκρός, ψόφιος («θνησιμαία κρέατα» — κρέατα από ζώα που έχουν ψοφήσει)
νεοελλ.
ετοιμοθάνατος.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < θνήσιμος + επίθημα -αίος (πρβλ. αυλ-αίος, θαλαμ-αίος)].