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Λύπης ἰατρός ἐστιν ἀνθρώποις λόγος – For men reason is a healer of grief – Für Menschen ist der Trauer Arzt allein das WortMaeroris unica medicina oratio.

Menander, Sententiae, 452

Greek Monolingual

κερτομῶ, -έω (ΑΜ)
κεντώ την καρδιά κάποιου με χλευαστικούς λόγους, πικραίνω, περιπαίζω, πειράζω, σκώπτω κάποιον (α. «τὸν ἔνθεον κυβερνήτην ἀδίκως κερτομεῖν ὑβρίζοντες», Σέργ. Μακρ.
β. «οὐκ ἐῶ σε κερτομεῖν ἡμᾶς τόδ' αὖθις», Ευρ.).
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. Βλ. λ. κέρτομος].