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υπόκλιση

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Ὁ δὲ μὴ δυνάμενος κοινωνεῖν ἢ μηδὲν δεόμενος δι' αὐτάρκειαν οὐθὲν μέρος πόλεως, ὥστε θηρίον θεός → Whoever is incapable of associating, or has no need to because of self-sufficiency, is no part of a state; so he is either a beast or a god

Aristotle, Politics, 1253a25

Greek Monolingual

η / ὑπόκλισις, -ίσεως, ΝΑ ὑποκλίνω, -ομαι]]
(ως χαιρετισμός) η προς τα εμπρός κλίση του σώματος και της κεφαλής σε ένδειξη σεβασμού.