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ἀντίπνοος

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Οὐ γὰρ ἀργίας ὤνιονὑγίεια καὶ ἀπραξίας, ἅ γε δὴ μέγιστα κακῶν ταῖς νόσοις πρόσεστι, καὶ οὐδὲν διαφέρει τοῦ τὰ ὄμματα τῷ μὴ διαβλέπειν καὶ τὴν φωνὴν τῷ μὴ φθέγγεσθαι φυλάττοντος ὁ τὴν ὑγίειαν ἀχρηστίᾳ καὶ ἡσυχίᾳ σῴζειν οἰόμενος → For health is not to be purchased by idleness and inactivity, which are the greatest evils attendant on sickness, and the man who thinks to conserve his health by uselessness and ease does not differ from him who guards his eyes by not seeing, and his voice by not speaking

Plutarch, Advice about Keeping Well, section 24
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Transliteration A: antípnoos Transliteration B: antipnoos Transliteration C: antipnoos Beta Code: a)nti/pnoos

English (LSJ)

ον, contr. ἀντί-πνους, ουν,

   A caused by adverse winds, ἀντιπνόους . . ἀπλοίας A.Ag.147 (lyr.); στάσις ἀ. Id.Pr.1087 (lyr.). Adv. -νόως Tz. ad Lyc.739.

German (Pape)

[Seite 259] zsgz. -πνους, entgegenwehend, widrig, ἄπλοια Aesoh. Ag. 145; στάσις Prom. 1089; – adv. -πνόως, Sp.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

ἀντίπνοος: -ον, συνῃρ. -πνους, ουν, ὁ ὑπὸ ἐναντίων ἀνέμων προξενούμενος, ἀντιπνόους... ἀπλοίας (κατὰ Δινδ. χάριν τοῦ μέτρου, ἀντ. αὔρας, ἐναντίους ἀνέμους) Αἰσχύλ. Ἀγ. 149· στάσιν ἀντίπνουν ἀποδεικνύμενα [τὰ πνεύματα τῶν ἀνέμων] ὁ αὐτ. Προμ. 1088. ― Ἐπιρρ. -νόως, τῶν ἀνέμων ἀντιπνόως ταραξάντων τὸ πέλαγος Τζέτζ. Λυκόφρ. 739.