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Ἡ δ' ἁρπαγὴ μέγιστον ἀνθρώποις κακόν → Vitiorum hominibus pessimum est rapacitas → Der Menschen schlimmstes Laster ist die Gier nach Raub

Menander, Monostichoi, 212

Greek Monolingual

το
1. χαμηλό προστατευτικό τείχισμα, στηθαίο γέφυρας, δρόμου, παραθύρου κ.λπ.
2. ναυτ. δρύφακτο.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < βεν. parapeto (< παρα- + petto «στήθος», πρβλ. λ. πέτο)].