ανασαίνω

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δυνατὰ δὲ οἱ προύχοντες πράσσουσι καὶ οἱ ἀσθενεῖς ξυγχωροῦσιν → the strong do what they will; the weak do what they must | the strong do what they can and the weak suffer what they must | they that have odds of power exact as much as they can, and the weak yield to such conditions as they can get

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Greek Monolingual

(Μ ἀνασαίνω)
1. αναπνέω
2. μτφ. διακόπτω για λίγο την εργασία μου, ξεκουράζομαι
3. μτφ. ανακουφίζομαι ψυχικά, ξαλαφρώνω.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < ανεσαίνω < άνεσις, αναλογικά προς τα ρ. σε -αίνω (πρβλ. ξηραίνω, θερμαίνω, λευκαίνω κ.ά.). Κατ’ άλλη άποψη < αν(α)- + ασαίνω (< αρχ. άση «λύπη, στενοχώρια»), κατ' επίδραση του ρ. ανα-πνέω. μσν.-νεοελλ. ανασασμός, νεοελλ. ανάσα, ανάσαση].