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Λύπης ἰατρός ἐστιν ἀνθρώποις λόγος – For men reason is a healer of grief – Für Menschen ist der Trauer Arzt allein das WortMaeroris unica medicina oratio.

Menander, Sententiae, 452

Greek Monolingual

1. αρπάζω από όλα τα μέρη, περιαρπάζω
2. επιπλήττω, κατσαδιάζω.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < περι- + αδράχνω «αρπάζω»].