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τετράχαλκον

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Ἀναβάντα γὰρ εἰς τὴν ἀκρόπολιν, καὶ διὰ τὴν ὑπερβολὴν τῆς λύπης προσκόψαντα τῷ ζῆν, ἑαυτὸν κατακρημνίσαι → For he ascended the acropolis and then, because he was disgusted with life by reason of his excessive grief, cast himself down the height

Diodorus Siculus, 4.61.7

Greek Monolingual

τὸ, Α
(κατά τον Ησύχ.) νόμισμα αξίας τεσσάρων χαλκών.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < τετρ(α)- + χαλκός «χάλκινο νόμισμα»].

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