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Οὔτοι συνέχθειν, ἀλλὰ συμφιλεῖν ἔφυν → I was not born to hate, but to love.

Sophocles, Antigone, 523

Greek Monolingual

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αγγούρι που αφήνεται να αναπτυχθεί και να ωριμάσει για την παραγωγή σπόρου.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < αγγούρι + παραγ. κατάλ. -μάνα. Το β΄ συνθετ. με μεγεθυντική σημασία].