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πολυκέφαλος

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Δίκαιος ἐὰν ᾖς, πανταχοῦ τῷ τρόπῳ χρήσῃ νόμῳ († λαληθήσῃ) → Si iustus es pro lege tibi mores erunt → Bist du gerecht, ist dein Charakter dir Gesetz (wirst du in aller Munde sein)

Menander, Monostichoi, 135
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Full diacritics: πολῠκέφᾰλος Medium diacritics: πολυκέφαλος Low diacritics: πολυκέφαλος Capitals: ΠΟΛΥΚΕΦΑΛΟΣ
Transliteration A: polyképhalos Transliteration B: polykephalos Transliteration C: polykefalos Beta Code: poluke/falos

English (LSJ)

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   A many-headed, θηρίον Pl.R. 588c; σοφιστής Id.Sph.240c, cf. Arist.GA769b27; of plants, interpol. in Dsc.2.152; π. στρέβλα (with allusion to Pl.R.l.c.) LXX 4 Ma. 7.14; νόμος π., a celebrated air on the flute, so called from its expressing the hissing of the serpents round the Gorgon's head, Plu.2.1133d.

German (Pape)

[Seite 664] vielköpfig; θηρίον, Plat. Rep. IX, 588 c; σοφιστής, Soph. 240 c; Sp., wie Luc. V. H. 1, 3; νόμος, Plut. mus. 7 u. Schol. Pind. P. 12, 15, eine berühmte Flötenweise, von Athene als Nachahmung des Gezisches der vielen Schlangen des Gorgonenhauptes erfunden.