μακροκάνης

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χρόνος ἐστὶ δάνος, τὸ ζῆν πικρός ἐσθ' ὁ δανίσας → time is a loan, and he who lent you life is a hard creditor | time is on loan and life's lender is a prick

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Greek Monolingual

-α, -ικο
αυτός που έχει μακριά σκέλη, μακριά πόδια, μακροπόδης.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < μακρ(ο)- + -κάνης (< κανί «κνήμη»), πρβλ. στραβο-κάνης.