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σκαμβός

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Ἐχθροὺς ἀμύνου μὴ ‘πὶ τῇ σαυτοῦ βλάβῃ → Ulciscere hostem, non tamen damno tuo → Die Feinde wehre ohne Schaden für dich ab

Menander, Monostichoi, 152
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Transliteration A: skambós Transliteration B: skambos Transliteration C: skamvos Beta Code: skambo/s

English (LSJ)

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   A crooked, bent, σ. ξύλον οὐδέποτ' ὀρθόν 'there's no straightening a crooked billet', Macar.7.69; of a cow's horns, dub. rest. in PBaden 19.5 (ii A.D.); esp. bent asunder, bow, of the legs, opp. βλαισός, Gp.19.2.1 (Comp.), cf. Gal.14.793, Hippiatr.102: metaph., καρδία σ. LXX Ps.100(101).3.