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διάβορος

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Νέµουσι δ' οἴκους καὶ τὰ ναυστολούµενα ἔσω δόµων σῴζουσιν, οὐδ' ἐρηµίᾳ γυναικὸς οἶκος εὐπινὴς οὐδ' ὄλβιος → They manage households, and save what is brought by sea within the home, and no house deprived of a woman can be tidy and prosperous

Euripides, Melanippe Captiva, Fragment 6.11

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

διάβορος: -ον, (βιβρώσκω) ὁ διαβιβρώσκων, κατατρώγων, νόσος Σοφ. Τρ. 1084. Φ. 7 (ἴδε καταστάζω Ι. 2). 2) παθητ., διαβρωθείς, καταφαγωθείς, καταναλωθείς, φθαρείς, ὁ αὐτ. Τρ. 676. Ἡ λέξις προπαροξύνεται καὶ ἐπὶ ἐνεργείας καὶ ἐπὶ πάθους.

French (Bailly abrégé)

ος, ον :
dévoré ; anéanti.
Étymologie: cf. διαβόρος.