κόντος

From LSJ
Revision as of 07:25, 29 September 2017 by Spiros (talk | contribs) (21)
(diff) ← Older revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)

ὅσῳ διαφέρει σῦκα καρδάμων → as different as chalk from cheese, different as chalk from cheese, apples and oranges, like apples and oranges, by as much as cardamom is different from figs

Source

Greek Monolingual

(I)
κόντος, ὁ (Μ)
κόντες.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < ιταλ. conte].———————— (II)
κόντος, ὁ (Μ)
λογαριασμός.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < ιταλ. conto].———————— (III)
το
η ιδιότητα του κοντού, βραχύτητα.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. Υποχωρητικός σχηματισμός < κονταίνω κατά τα ουδ. σε -ος (πρβλ. εύρ-ος, μάκρ-ος)].