πυροβάτης

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τῆς αἰδοῦς ὀλίγην ποιήσασθαι φειδώ → to have little consideration for self-respect

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Greek Monolingual

ο, θηλ. πυροβάτισσα, Ν
πρόσωπο που εκτελεί πυροβασία, που περπατά ξυπόλυτος πάνω σε αναμμένα κάρβουνα, κν. αναστενάρης.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < πυρ, πυρός + -βάτης (< βαίνω), πρβλ. ακρο-βάτης, ορει-βάτης.