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πρημαίνω

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Ubi idem et maximus et honestissimus amor est, aliquando praestat morte jungi, quam vita distrahi → Where indeed the greatest and most honourable love exists, it is much better to be joined by death, than separated by life.

Valerius Maximus, De Factis Dictisque
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Transliteration A: prēmaínō Transliteration B: prēmainō Transliteration C: primaino Beta Code: prhmai/nw

English (LSJ)

(πρήθω)

   A blow hard, πρημαινούσας τε θυέλλας Ar.Nu.336: later c. acc., πρήμηνον ἀξίην φωνὴν σεωυτοῦ Herod.7.98.

German (Pape)

[Seite 699] blasen, heftig wehen; πρημαίνουσαι θύελλαι, Ar. Nubb. 335, Schol. u. Suid., von πρήθω ableitend, λαβρῶς φυσᾶν καὶ μαίνεσθαι.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

πρημαίνω: (πρήθω) φυσῶ ἰσχυρῶς, πρημαινούσας τε θυέλλας Ἀριστοφ. Νεφ. 336.

French (Bailly abrégé)

souffler avec violence.
Étymologie: cf. πρήθω.