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Ubi idem et maximus et honestissimus amor est, aliquando praestat morte jungi, quam vita distrahi → Where indeed the greatest and most honourable love exists, it is much better to be joined by death, than separated by life.

Valerius Maximus, De Factis Dictisque

Greek Monolingual

εὐήρετμος, -ον (Α)
1. ο καλά προσαρμοσμένος στο κουπίεὐήρετμος σκαλμός», Αισχύλ.)
2. (για πλοίο) αυτός που κωπηλατείται καλά («εὐήρετμος ναῡς», Ευρ.).
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < ευ + ερετ-μόν «κουπί» (από την ίδια ρίζα με το ερέτης «κωπηλάτης»). Το -η- λόγω της συνθέσεως].