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Οὔτ' ἐν φθιμένοις οὔτ' ἐν ζωοῖσιν ἀριθμουμένη, χωρὶς δή τινα τῶνδ' ἔχουσα μοῖραν → Neither among the dead nor the living do I count myself, having a lot apart from these

Euripides, Suppliants, 968

Greek Monolingual

ὀλιγόπνους, -ουν και -οος, -οον (Α)
αυτός που έχει λίγη, ασθενή πνοή.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < ὀλιγ(ο)- (βλ. λ. λιγο-) + -πνοος / -πνους (< πνοή), πρβλ. ευθύ-πνους].