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Ἀλλ’ ἐσθ’ ὁ θάνατος λοῖσθος ἰατρός κακῶν → But death is the ultimate healer of ills

Sophocles, Fragment 698

Greek Monolingual

-α, -ικο, Ν
μτφ. ακατάδεχτος, περηφήφανος.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < ψηλός + -μύτης (< μύτη), πρβλ. φαρμακο-μύτης.