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L'amor che move il sole e l'altre stelleLove that moves the sun and the other stars

Dante Alighieri, Paradiso, XXXIII, v. 145

French (Bailly abrégé)

ους, ουν :
qui exhale des parfums, parfumé, embaumé.
Étymologie: μύρον, πνέω.

Greek Monolingual

μυρόπνους και μυρίπνους, -ουν και -οος, -οον (Α)
αυτός που πνέει ευώδη μύρα, που μυρίζει, που ευωδιάζει («μυρίπνοα άνθη»).
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < μύρον + πνόος / πνοῦς (πρβλ. ροδό-πνους)].