υποσπώ

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Δελφῖνα νήχεσθαι διδάσκεις: ἐπὶ τῶν ἐν ἐκείνοις τινὰ παιδοτριβούντων, ἐν οἷς ἤσκηται → Teaching dolphins to swim: is applied to those who are teaching something among people who are already well versed in it

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Greek Monolingual

-άω, Α σπάω / σπῶ]
1. αποσπώ, αφαιρώ κάτι από κάτω («ποίμνης νεογνὸν θρέμμ' ὑποσπάσας», Ευρ.)
2. αποσύρω κάτι κρυφά
3. μέσ. ὑποσπῶμαι, -άομαι
αποσπώ κάτι και το σύρω προς το μέρος μου.