ρηξίφλοιος

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ἐνίοις τὸ σιγᾶν κρεῖττόν ἐστι τοῦ λαλεῖν → for some people silence is better than words (Menander)

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Greek Monolingual

-ον, Α
1. αυτός που έχει σπασμένο φλοιό
2. (κατά το λεξ. Σούδα) «ῥηξίφλοια
ῥήξαντα τὸν φλοῡν, οἷον κάρυα».
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < ῥηξι- (βλ. λ. ρήγνυμι) + φλοιός.