υγροβάτραχος

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καλῶς δρῶν ἐξαμαρτεῖν μᾶλλοννικᾶν κακῶς → I would prefer to fail with honor than to win by evil | I prefer to fail by acting rightly rather than win by acting wrongly | Better fail by doing right, than win by doing wrong (Sophocles, Philoctetes 95)

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Greek Monolingual

ὁ, Α
είδος βατράχου, σε αντιδιαστολή προς τον ξηροβάτραχο.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < ὑγρός + βάτραχος.