καταφύγιο

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ἐν πίθῳ τὴν κεραμείαν μανθάνειν → in breaking many pots, the potter learns his craft | of those who undertake the most difficult tasks without learning the elements of the art | don't run before you can walk

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Greek Monolingual

και καταφύγι, το (AM καταφύγιον)
1. τόπος ή πρόσωπο όπου καταφεύγει κάποιος για να βρει βοήθεια, σωτηρία ή προστασία
2. κρυψώνας
νεοελλ.
στρ. υπόγειος χώρος που προορίζεται για την προστασία στρατιωτικού προσωπικού ή άμαχου πληθυσμού από τα θραύσματα, το ωστικό κύμα ή και τα άμεσα πλήγματα εκρηκτικών, κυρίως, βλημάτων («αντιαεροπορικό καταφύγιο»).
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < κατ(α)- + -φύγιον (-φυγος < -φυξ < θ. φυγ- του φεύγω, πρβλ. αόρ. β' -φυγ-ον), πρβλ. προσφύγιον, συμφύγιον].

Translations

sanctuary

Afrikaans: vryplaas, toevlugsoord; Bulgarian: светилище; Chinese Mandarin: 避難所, 避难所; Czech: útočiště; Danish: helle, fristed, tilflugtssted; Estonian: pühamu, varjupaik; Finnish: turvapaikka; French: refuge; German: Zuflucht, Herberge; Greek: καταφύγιο; Ancient Greek: ἄσυλον; Hungarian: szentély; Italian: rifugio; Japanese: 避難所; Latin: tutum; Macedonian: засолниште, прибежиште; Maori: wāhi whakaruru, whakamaurutanga, punanga, kāinga punanga; Middle English: grith; Norwegian Bokmål: tilflukt, tilfluktssted; Nynorsk: tilflukt; Old English: friþstōw; Polish: sanktuarium; Portuguese: refúgio; Romanian: sanctuar, refugiu, adăpost; Russian: убежище, прибежище, приют; Swedish: fristad, tillflykt, tillflyktsort; Tocharian B: waste, śarāṃ; Turkish: mabet

shelter

Albanian: strehë; Arabic: مَلَاذ, مَخْلَص; Armenian: ապաստան; Azerbaijani: sığıncaq, pənah; Basque: aterpe; Belarusian: прытулак, прыстанішча, прыстанак, укрыцце, укрыццё; Bengali: আশ্রয়, পানা; Bulgarian: убежище; Burmese: အရိပ်အာဝါသ; Catalan: aixopluc, recer; Chinese Mandarin: 棲身之地, 栖身之地, 住處, 住处, 庇護, 庇护, 掩蔽; Czech: útočiště; Danish: ly; Dutch: onderdak, toevluchtsoord, hokje, schuilplaats; Esperanto: ŝirmo; Estonian: peavari; Finnish: suojapaikka, turvapaikka, suoja; French: abri, refuge; Georgian: თავშესაფარი, ნავსაყუდელი, სავანე; German: Zuflucht, Obdach, Zufluchtsort, Schutzraum; Greek: καταφύγιο; Ancient Greek: σκέπη; Hebrew: מִקְלָט; Hindi: शरण, पनाह, पनाहगाह; Hungarian: menedék, védelem, oltalom, menedékhely, óvóhely, menedékház, búvóhely, fedett váró/megálló; Icelandic: skjól, athvarf; Ingrian: varjo; Irish: foscadh, fothain; Italian: rifugio, riparo; Japanese: 避難所; Kabuverdianu: gazadju; Kazakh: баспана, пана; Khmer: ជំរក; Korean: 피난처(避難處); Kyrgyz: башкалка; Ladin: sosta; Lao: ທັບ, ນິດໃສ, ສາທະນະ, ສ້ອງ; Latin: tegmen, suffugium, tutum; Latvian: pajumte, patversme; Lithuanian: pastogė; Luxembourgish: Ënnerdaach; Macedonian: засолниште; Malayalam: ഷെൽറ്റർ, അഭയസ്ഥാനം; Maori: tūrutu, pātūtū, tāwharau, māhauhau; Nepali: आवास, शरण; Norwegian Bokmål: ly; Old Czech: brh; Ottoman Turkish: التجا; Persian: پَناهْگاه, مَخْلَص, پَناه; Plautdietsch: Schulinj; Polish: schronienie, schronisko, przytułek; Portuguese: refúgio, abrigo, amparo, asilo; Romanian: adăpost; Russian: убежище, укрытие, приют, прибежище, пристанище, укрытие; Sanskrit: शरण; Scottish Gaelic: dìon; Serbo-Croatian Cyrillic: у̀точӣште; Roman: ùtočīšte; Slovak: útočisko; Slovene: zaklonišče; Spanish: refugio, abrigo, amparo, asilo, abrigadero; Swedish: skydd; Tajik: паноҳгоҳ, гурезгоҳ, панох; Thai: ที่หลบภัย, อาวรณ์, ร่มไม้ชายคา, ที่พักอาศัย; Turkish: sığınak, barınak; Ukrainian: притулок, укриття; Urdu: پَناہ, شَرَن, پَناہ گاہ; Uyghur: پاناھگاھ, پاناھ; Uzbek: boshpana, panohgoh, panoh; Vietnamese: chỗ che, chỗ ẩn, chỗ núp; Welsh: cysgod, lloches; Zazaki: serte, komek