άξεστος

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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

-η, -ο (AM ἄξεστος, -ον)
1. ακατέργαστος, απελέκητοςἄξεστος λίθος», Σοφοκλής)
2. μτφ. τραχύς, αδέξιος, ακαλλιέργητος.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛΟΓΙΑ < α- στερ. + ξεστός < ξέω].