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σκάπτειν

From LSJ

Λύπης ἰατρός ἐστιν ἀνθρώποις λόγος – For men reason is a healer of grief – Für Menschen ist der Trauer Arzt allein das WortMaeroris unica medicina oratio.

Menander, Sententiae, 452

Greek > English (Woodhouse Verbs Reversed)

(see also σκάπτω): dig