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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

η, Ν·, 1. πτυχή, σούρα
2. ρυτίδα
3. μαρασμός βρέφους από αθρεψία
4. ο σφιγκτήρας του πρωκτού
5. σούφρωμα.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < αμάρτυρο λατ. sup(p)la < supplo < supplico «ικετεύω, προσεύχομαι»].