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L'amor che move il sole e l'altre stelleLove that moves the sun and the other stars

Dante Alighieri, Paradiso, XXXIII, v. 145

Greek Monolingual

-έω, ΜΑ
1. πτεροφυώ
2. μτφ. ενθαρρύνω ή εμψυχώνω («πτεροποιοῡσι... αἱ θεῑαι γραφαὶ τοὺς πιστούς, τῷ πόθῳ τῶν οὐρανίων», Αθανάσ.).
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < πτερόν + -ποιῶ (< -ποιός < ποιῶ)].