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Ἐς δὲ τὰ ἔσχατα νουσήματα αἱ ἔσχαται θεραπεῖαι ἐς ἀκριβείην, κράτισται → But for extreme illnesses, extreme remedies, applied with severe exactitude, are the best (Hippocrates, Aphorism 6)

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Greek Monolingual

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1. μικρής ηλικίας πάπια, νεογνό πάπιας, παπάκι
2. φρ. «γίνομαι παπί» — καταβρέχομαι, γίνομαι μούσκεμα.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < αμάρτυρο παππ-ίον υποκορ. του πάππος «είδος πουλιού»].