sire

From LSJ

τὸ μὴ γὰρ εἶναι κρεῖσσον ἢ τὸ ζῆν κακῶς → for it is better not to exist than to live in misery

Source

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

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substantive

father: P. and V. πατήρ, ὁ, γεννήτωρ, ὁ (Plato); see father.

of animals: P. and V. ὁ ἄρσην (lit. the male).

stallion: P. and V. ὀχεῖον, τό (Aesch., Fragment).