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Ubi idem et maximus et honestissimus amor est, aliquando praestat morte jungi, quam vita distrahi → Where indeed the greatest and most honourable love exists, it is much better to be joined by death, than separated by life.

Valerius Maximus, De Factis Dictisque

Greek Monolingual

-η, -ο (Α ἰάσιμος, ιων. τ. ἰήσιμος, -ον)
(για πρόσ. ή για τραύματα) αυτός που μπορεί να θεραπευθεί, ο θεραπεύσιμος
αρχ.
αυτός που καταπραΰνεται εύκολα («δεινὴ γὰρ ἡ θεός, ἀλλ' ὅμως ἰάσιμος», Ευρ.).
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < ίασις + κατάλ. -ιμος (πρβλ. βρώσ-ιμος, πόσ-ιμος)].