θυροδέρνω

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ὦ θάνατε παιάν, μή μ᾽ ἀτιμάσῃς μολεῖν· μόνος γὰρ εἶ σὺ τῶν ἀνηκέστων κακῶν ἰατρός, ἄλγος δ᾽ οὐδὲν ἅπτεται νεκροῦ. → O death, the healer, reject me not, but come! For thou alone art the mediciner of ills incurable, and no pain layeth hold on the dead.

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Greek Monolingual

χτυπώ τις πόρτες ζητιανεύοντας, εκλιπαρώ βοήθεια γυρίζοντας από πόρτα σε πόρτα («σαν φτωχού που θυροδέρνει, κι είναι βάρος του η ζωή», Σολωμ.).
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < θύρα + -δέρνω «περιπλανώμαι με κόπους» (< δέρνω), πρβλ. βωλο-δέρνω, παρα-δέρνω].