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Ὁ αὐτὸς ἔφησε τὸν μὲν ὕπνον ὀλιγοχρόνιον θάνατον, τὸν δὲ θάνατον πολυχρόνιον ὕπνον → Plato said that sleep was a short-lived death but death was a long-lived sleep

Gnomologium Vaticanum, 446

Greek Monolingual

παράφρων, -ον, ποιητ. τ. πάρφρων, ΝΜΑ
1. αυτός που έχει χάσει το λογικό του, τρελός, φρενοβλαβής
2. (για ενέργεια, σκέψη κ.λπ.) ασύνετος, απερίσκεπτος.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < παρ(α)- + -φρων (< φρήν, φρενός)].