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L'amor che move il sole e l'altre stelleLove that moves the sun and the other stars

Dante Alighieri, Paradiso, XXXIII, v. 145

German (Pape)

[Seite 1380] ὁ, Goldjäger, Sp.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

χρῡσοθήρας: -ου, ὁ, ὁ θηρεύων χρυσόν, ζητῶν νὰ εὕρῃ χρυσόν, τοῖς χρυσοθήραις ἄρχουσιν Νικήτ. Χρον. 338Α.

Greek Monolingual

ο, ΝΜ
μτφ. άτομο που επιδιώκει επίμονα να πλουτίσει
νεοελλ.
άνθρωπος που αναζητεί κοιτάσματα χρυσού.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < χρυσ(ο)- + -θήρας (< θήρα «κυνήγι»), πρβλ. ελεφαντο-θήρας].