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Μολὼν λαβέCome and take them

Plutarch, Apophthegmata Laconica 225C12

Greek Monolingual

-ον (Α ἀκανθοβόλος)
αυτός που βγάζει, που πετάει αγκάθια
«ἀκανθοβόλον ῥόδον» (Νίκανδρος απ. 74, 9).
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < ἄκανθα + -βόλος < βάλλω].