μολυβδιώ

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μηδὲν κοτυλίζειν, ἀλλὰ καταπάττειν χύδην → not to sell by the cupful, but to dole out indiscriminately | not to sell by retail but wholesale

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Greek Monolingual

μολυβδιῶ, -άω (Α)
έχω το χρώμα του μολύβδου («μολυβδιᾷς ὑπὸ νόσου», Κωμ. αδέσπ.).
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < μόλυβδος + επίθημα -ιάω, -ώ, που δηλώνει ασθένεια (πρβλ. κυρτ-ιώ, λεοντ-ιώ)].