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Νέµουσι δ' οἴκους καὶ τὰ ναυστολούµενα ἔσω δόµων σῴζουσιν, οὐδ' ἐρηµίᾳ γυναικὸς οἶκος εὐπινὴς οὐδ' ὄλβιος → They manage households, and save what is brought by sea within the home, and no house deprived of a woman can be tidy and prosperous

Euripides, Melanippe Captiva, Fragment 6.11

Greek Monolingual

(ΑΜ ὀνειρώττω και ὀνειρώσσω)
έχω ονείρωξη, εκσπερμάτιση κατά τη διάρκεια του ύπνου
αρχ.
μτφ. ποθώ να αποκτήσω κάτι.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < ὄνειρος + κατάλ. -ώσσω / -ώττω, δηλωτική ασθένειας (πρβλ. λοιμ-ώττω, υπν-ώττω)].