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μυρόπνους

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Ὁ δὲ μὴ δυνάμενος κοινωνεῖν ἢ μηδὲν δεόμενος δι' αὐτάρκειαν οὐθὲν μέρος πόλεως, ὥστε θηρίον θεός → Whoever is incapable of associating, or has no need to because of self-sufficiency, is no part of a state; so he is either a beast or a god

Aristotle, Politics, 1253a25

French (Bailly abrégé)

ους, ουν :
qui exhale des parfums, parfumé, embaumé.
Étymologie: μύρον, πνέω.

Greek Monolingual

μυρόπνους και μυρίπνους, -ουν και -οος, -οον (Α)
αυτός που πνέει ευώδη μύρα, που μυρίζει, που ευωδιάζει («μυρίπνοα άνθη»).
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < μύρον + πνόος / πνοῦς (πρβλ. ροδό-πνους)].