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Ὁ αὐτὸς ἔφησε τὸν μὲν ὕπνον ὀλιγοχρόνιον θάνατον, τὸν δὲ θάνατον πολυχρόνιον ὕπνον → Plato said that sleep was a short-lived death but death was a long-lived sleep

Gnomologium Vaticanum, 446

Greek Monolingual

-ον, Α
1. ανάμικτος με άμμο
2. (για λίμνη ή θάλασσα) αυτός που έχει αμμώδη ακτή ή πυθμένα.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < ὑπ(ο)- + ψάμμος «άμμος»].