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Μεγάλοι δὲ λόγοι μεγάλας πληγὰς τῶν ὑπεραύχων ἀποτίσαντες γήρᾳ τὸ φρονεῖν ἐδίδαξαν → The great words of the arrogant pay the penalty by suffering great blows, and teach one to reason in old age

Sophocles, Antigone, 1350-1353

Greek Monolingual

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αυτός που απελαύνει τους ξένους ή αυτός που απαγορεύει την είσοδο ξένων σε μια χώρα.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < ξένος + -ηλάτης (< ἐλαύνω), πρβλ. στρατ-ηλάτης ή υποχωρητ. < αρχ. ξενηλατῶ].