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Ubi idem et maximus et honestissimus amor est, aliquando praestat morte jungi, quam vita distrahi → Where indeed the greatest and most honourable love exists, it is much better to be joined by death, than separated by life.

Valerius Maximus, De Factis Dictisque

Greek Monolingual

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1. κάνω κάποιον να μεταστραφεί και να ακολουθήσει τη δική μου θρησκεία ή το δικό μου θρησκευτικό δόγμα
2. προσελκύω κάποιον, τον κάνω οπαδό της δικής μου ιδεολογίας, φιλοσοφίας και πολιτικής.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < προσήλυτος. Η λ. μαρτυρείται από το 1855 στον Ικ. Γ. Λάτρη].