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κῆμος

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Οὐ γὰρ ἀργίας ὤνιονὑγίεια καὶ ἀπραξίας, ἅ γε δὴ μέγιστα κακῶν ταῖς νόσοις πρόσεστι, καὶ οὐδὲν διαφέρει τοῦ τὰ ὄμματα τῷ μὴ διαβλέπειν καὶ τὴν φωνὴν τῷ μὴ φθέγγεσθαι φυλάττοντος ὁ τὴν ὑγίειαν ἀχρηστίᾳ καὶ ἡσυχίᾳ σῴζειν οἰόμενος → For health is not to be purchased by idleness and inactivity, which are the greatest evils attendant on sickness, and the man who thinks to conserve his health by uselessness and ease does not differ from him who guards his eyes by not seeing, and his voice by not speaking

Plutarch, Advice about Keeping Well, section 24
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Full diacritics: κῆμος Medium diacritics: κῆμος Low diacritics: κήμος Capitals: ΚΗΜΟΣ
Transliteration A: kē̂mos Transliteration B: kēmos Transliteration C: kimos Beta Code: kh=mos

English (LSJ)

ἡ,

   A = λεοντοπόδιον, Dsc.4.133, Orph.A.920.

German (Pape)

[Seite 1431] ἡ, eine magische Pflanze, Orph. Arg. 923; nach Diosc. = λεοντοπόδιον.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

κῆμος: ἡ, φυτόν τι καλούμενον καὶ λεοντοπόδιον, Διοσκ. 4. 131, Ὀρφ. Ἀργ. 923.

Greek Monolingual

κῆμος, ἡ (Α)
είδος φυτού που ονομάζεται και λεοντοπόδιο.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < Άγνωστης ετυμολ. Η σύνδεση του με τη λ. κημός θεωρείται μάλλον απίθανη].