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σπειροδρακοντόζωνος

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Περὶ τοῦ ἐπέκεινα τοῦ νοῦ κατὰ μὲν νόησιν πολλὰ λέγεται, θεωρεῖται δὲ ἀνοησίᾳ κρείττονι νοήσεως → On the subject of that which is beyond intellect, many statements are made on the basis of intellection, but it may be immediately cognised only by means of a non-intellection superior to intellection

Porphyry, Sententiae, 25

English (LSJ)

ον,

   A girt with coils of snakes, An.Ox.3.182.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

σπειροδρᾰκοντόζωνος: -ον, ὁ ἐζωσμένος μὲ σπείρας δράκοντος, Ἀνέκδ. Ὀξων. 3. 182.

Greek Monolingual

-ον, Α
ζωσμένος με σπείρες δράκου.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < σπεῖρα + δράκων, -οντος + ζώνη (πρβλ. πυρι-δρακοντό-ζωνος)].