κοιλώνυξ

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οὕτω τι βαθὺ καὶ μυστηριῶδες ἡ σιγὴ καὶ νηφάλιον, ἡ δὲ μέθη λάλον → silence is something profound and mysterious and sober, but drunkenness chatters

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Greek Monolingual

κοιλῶνυξ, ὁ, ἡ (Α)
(για άλογα) αυτός που έχει κοίλες οπλές.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < κοῖλος + -ῶνυξ (< ὄνυξ «νύχι»), πρβλ. αιγ-ώνυξ, χαλκ-ώνυξ. Το -ω- λόγω της συνθέσεως].