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ιαμβύλος

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Ποιητὴς, ὁπόταν ἐν τῷ τρίποδι τῆς Μούσης καθίζηται, τότε οὐκ ἔμφρων ἐστίν → Whenever a poet is seated on the Muses' tripod, he is not in his senses

Plato, Laws, 719c

Greek Monolingual

ἰαμβύλος και ἰάμβηλος, ὁ (Α)
λοιδορητικός, σκωπτικός.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < ίαμβος + κατάλ. -υλος (πρβλ. στρογγύλος, στωμύλος)].

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