ποδοβολητό

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δρυὸς πεσούσης πᾶς ἀνὴρ ξυλεύεται → when the oak falls, everyone cuts wood | when an oak has fallen, every man gathers wood | on the fall of an oak, every man gathers wood | when an oak has fallen, every man becomes a woodcutter | one takes advantage of somebody who has lost his strength | one takes advantage of somebody who has lost his power | when the tree is fallen, every man goes to it with his hatchet

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Greek Monolingual

το, Ν ο κρότος από το βάδισμα ή το τρέξιμο πολλών ανθρώπων ή ζώων, ιδίως αλόγων.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < ποδοβολώ + κατάλ. -ητό (πρβλ. ροχαλ-ητό)].