πολυτρόφος

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εἰς πέλαγος σπέρµα βαλεῖν καὶ γράµµατα γράψαι ἀµφότερος µόχθος τε κενὸς καὶ πρᾶξις ἄκαρπος → throwing seeds and writing letters at sea are both a vain and fruitless endeavor

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Greek Monolingual

-ον, Α
(με ενεργ. σημ.)
1. αυτός που παρέχει άφθονη τροφή
2. πολύ θρεπτικός.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < πολυ- + -τρόφος (< τρέφω), πρβλ. παντο-τρόφος. Η παροξυτονία προσδίδει στον τ. ενεργ. σημ.].