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Νέµουσι δ' οἴκους καὶ τὰ ναυστολούµενα ἔσω δόµων σῴζουσιν, οὐδ' ἐρηµίᾳ γυναικὸς οἶκος εὐπινὴς οὐδ' ὄλβιος → They manage households, and save what is brought by sea within the home, and no house deprived of a woman can be tidy and prosperous

Euripides, Melanippe Captiva, Fragment 6.11

Greek Monolingual

η / σμηκτρίς, -ίδος, ἡ, ΝΑ
(ενν. γη) νεοελλ. άλλη ονομασία του σμηκτίτη
2. είδος χώματος ή πηλού που χρησίμευε για καθαρισμό ενδυμάτων, σαπουνόχωμα.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < σμήχω + επίθημα -τρίς (πρβλ. ψηκ-τρίς)].