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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

-άω, Α
1. έρχομαι προκειμένου να συναντήσω κάποιον
2. (για χειρουργικό εργαλείο) φτάνω
3. μτφ. αντιτάσσομαι σε κάποιον.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < προσ- + ἀπαντῶ «αναζητώ, συναντώ, αντιμετωπίζω»].

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