μυρμηκίτις

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αὐτὸν κέκρουκας τὸν βατῆρα τοῦ λόγου → you have struck the very threshold of the argument, you have struck the most important and chiefmost point

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Greek Monolingual

μυρμηκῑτις, ἡ (Α)
είδος πολύτιμου λίθου που δίνει την εντύπωση έρποντος μυρμηγκιού.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < μύρμηξ, -ηκος «μυρμήγκι», + κατάλ. -ῖτις (πρβλ. κυαμ-ίτις)].