αλίρροθος

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λέγεις, ἃ δὲ λέγεις ἕνεκα τοῦ λαβεῖν λέγεις → you speak, but you say what you say for the sake of gain (Menander, fr. 776)

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Greek Monolingual

ἁλίρροθος, -ον (AM)
1. αυτός που χτυπιέται από βουερά κύματα, που βρίσκεται μέσα στη φουρτουνιασμένη θάλασσα
2. (για τη θάλασσα) αυτός που κάνει θόρυβο, που βουίζει.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < ἁλι- (< ἅλς) + -ροθος < ῥόθος «θόρυβος»].