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Ὁ αὐτὸς ἔφησε τὸν μὲν ὕπνον ὀλιγοχρόνιον θάνατον, τὸν δὲ θάνατον πολυχρόνιον ὕπνον → Plato said that sleep was a short-lived death but death was a long-lived sleep

Gnomologium Vaticanum, 446

Greek Monolingual

ἀπφῡς (-ύος), ο (AM)
θωπευτική προσαγόρευση για τον πατέρα από τα παιδιά του («καλὸς ἀπφῡς» — καλός ο μπαμπάκας σου, ο παπάκης, Θεόκρ.)
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. Υποκοριστικός τ. της παιδικής γλώσσας με εκφραστικό αναδιπλασιασμό. Πρβλ. άππα, άττα, άπφα, πάππα].