sheen

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μηδέν' ὀλβίζειν, πρὶν ἂν τέρμα τοῦ βίου περάσῃ μηδὲν ἀλγεινὸν παθών → Count no man blessed 'til he's passed the endpoint of his life without grievous suffering. (Sophocles, King Oedipus 1529f.)

Source

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

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substantive

P. μαρμαρυγή, ἡ (Plato); see flash, brightness.