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Ποιητὴς, ὁπόταν ἐν τῷ τρίποδι τῆς Μούσης καθίζηται, τότε οὐκ ἔμφρων ἐστίν → Whenever a poet is seated on the Muses' tripod, he is not in his senses

Plato, Laws, 719c

Greek Monolingual

ἁλιπλήξ (-ῆγος), ο, η (Α)
ο ἁλίπληκτος.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < ἁλι- (< ἅλς) + -πληξ < πλήσσω «χτυπώ»].