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Οὔτοι συνέχθειν, ἀλλὰ συμφιλεῖν ἔφυν → I was not born to hate, but to love.

Sophocles, Antigone, 523

Greek Monolingual

-α, -ικο
ο επαίτης, αυτός που ζητάει ελεημοσύνη.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < ζητ- (< ζητώ) + -ιάνος, πρβλ. πρωτευουσ-ιάνος].