θρήσκος

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πολλάκις δοκεῖ τὸ φυλάξαι τἀγαθὰ τοῦ κτήσασθαι χαλεπώτερον εἶναι → it often proves harder to keep than to win prosperity | it is often harder for men to keep the good they have, than it was to obtain it

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Greek Monolingual

-α, -ο (ΑΜ θρῆσκος, -ον, θηλ. και -α)
ο οπαδός θρησκείας ο οποίος πιστεύει στα δόγματα ή στις θρησκευτικές αρχές και μετέχει ταχτικά στη θρησκευτική ζωή
αρχ.
ο δεισιδαίμονας.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < θρησκεύω, υποχωρητ.].